Yeh ek dukhd ghatna thi jab Bengaluru mein Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ke IPL 2025 jeet ke jashn ke dauraan bheed mein bhagdad mach gayi, jisme 11 logon ki maut ho gayi aur 47 se zyada log ghayal ho gaye. Yeh ghatna M Chinnaswamy Stadium ke bahar hui, jahan fans apni team ke pehle IPL title ke jashn ke liye ikattha hue the. Is ghatna ke baad Bengaluru police ne RCB ke senior official, Nikhil Sosale, jo ki team ke Marketing and Revenue Head hain, ko arrest kiya. Unke saath DNA Entertainment ke teen logon ko bhi giraftaar kiya gaya, kyunki unhone jashn ke liye event manage kiya tha. Local media ke mutabiq, Sosale ko Bengaluru airport se pakda gaya jab woh shayad city chhodne ki koshish kar rahe the. Yeh arrests Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ke orders ke baad hue, jinhone is ghatna ko “irresponsible” aur “careless” kaha.
Is ghatna ke peeche kaaran tha planning mein kami, crowd control ka na hona, aur last-minute changes. Subah mein Bengaluru traffic police ne victory parade cancel kar diya tha, lekin yeh baat fans tak theek se nahi pohunchi. Logon ne socha ki team open bus mein Vidhana Soudha se stadium tak aayegi, jisme Virat Kohli jaise stars nazar aayenge. Lekin jab parade nahi hui aur logon ne stadium ke gates par dhakka-mukki shuru ki, toh bhagdad mach gayi. Police ke mutabiq, 50,000 se zyada log ek chhote se area mein ikattha ho gaye the, aur kai log gates par chadhne ya todne ki koshish kar rahe the. Isme ek 14 saal ki ladki, ek pani puri vendor ka beta, aur ek engineering student bhi shamil the jo apne doston ke saath jashn manane aaye the. Yeh dekhkar dil dukhta hai ki ek khushi ka mauka itna bada dukh ban gaya.
Ab thodi si positivity ki baat karein. RCB ki jeet ek historic moment tha. 18 saal ke lamba intezaar khatam hua jab team ne Punjab Kings ko final mein haraya. Virat Kohli, jo is team ke dil aur jaan hain, ne final mein top score kiya aur apne leadership se team ko champion banaya. Yeh jeet sirf RCB ke liye nahi, balki unke fans ke liye bhi ek bada din tha, jinhone saalon tak team ka saath diya. Yaad hai jab 2008 mein IPL shuru hua tha? RCB tab se ek bada naam raha hai, lekin trophy kabhi nahi jeeti. Is baar, Kohli ke saath players jaise Faf du Plessis aur Mohammed Siraj ne shandaar performance di. Yeh wahi team hai jisme ek time par Chris Gayle jaise players ne dhoom machayi thi, jab unhone 2016 mein ek match mein 175 runs thok diye the. Is jeet ne fans ko ek nayi ummeed di hai ki aage bhi RCB aur chamkega.
Lekin yeh jashn ka pal ek tragedy mein badal gaya, aur iska ilzaam sirf ek vyakti par nahi daala ja sakta. Karnataka government ne is ghatna ki jaanch ke liye ek retired High Court judge, Justice Michael D’Cunha, ko appoint kiya hai. Saath hi, Bengaluru ke Police Commissioner B Dayananda aur chaar senior officers ko suspend kar diya gaya hai. Nikhil Sosale ne apni arrest ke khilaaf Karnataka High Court mein petition bhi daali hai, jiska sunvai 9 June ko hogi. Yeh ghatna hamein yaad dilati hai ki bade events ke liye planning kitni zaroori hai. 2014 mein Patna ke Gandhi Maidan mein Dussehra jashn ke dauraan bhi aisi hi ek stampede hui thi, jisme 32 log mare gaye the. Aisi ghatnayein hamein sabak deti hain ki safety ko hamesha pehle rakhna chahiye, warna khushi ka pal bhi aansuon mein doob jata hai.
