Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede: Bodies of 11 victims handed over to families
Bengaluru: Post-mortem examinations of all 11 victims who lost their lives in the stampede outside Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday have been completed, and the bodies were handed over to their families during the night.
The victims had gathered at the stadium to witness celebrations organised after Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured their first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title.
Post-mortems of victims named Poornachandra, Bhoomik, Prajwal, Chinmayi Shetty, and Sahana were conducted at Victoria Hospital. Examinations of Akshata, Divyanshi, Shivalinga, Manoj, Devi, and Shravan were carried out at Bowring Hospital.
Following the procedures, the bodies were formally handed over to the families by the police.
The incident has led to public outrage and demands for accountability, as questions are being raised over crowd management during the high-profile celebration event.
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Karnataka to witness heavy rain for next 10 days
Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon will cause heavy rainfall likely this weekend and will drench Karnataka over the next 10 days.
The monsoon has begun retreating from northwestern India. Conditions remain active over the south, with an upper air trough extending up to 1.5 km over North Interior Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, combined with weakening monsoon winds across the peninsula, is driving the current spell. N. Puviarasan, head of the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said in a conversation with Deccan Herald, “As a result, the whole of Karnataka will see rain over the next week to 10 days."
With a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean along with a low-pressure system over the north Bay of Bengal, the monsoon is expected to intensify during the next four days. IMD has predicted heavy rains across South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, throughout the weekend.
Bengaluru, recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm, Bengaluru city logged 45.9 mm of rain accompanied by thunderstorms. HAL airport registered 6 mm and the Bengaluru Urban automatic station recorded 47.5 mm. Doddathoguru, near Electronics City, reported 55 mm.
According to IMD forecast heavy rainfall will occur at isolated places in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara and Mandya districts in the next few days.
The southwest monsoon is now expected to extend until mid-October and with little or no break in between, the northeast monsoon is likely to follow immediately. These are expected to last until December. “There may be no break in between,” Puviarasan said.
