Legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has called Bengaluru stampede "beyond tragic." The stampede claimed 11 lives and left 33 others injured.
The incident turned what was a celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) historic maiden IPL triumph in into a heartbreaking tragedy.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"What happened at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, is beyond tragic. My heart goes out to every affected family. Wishing peace and strength to all.," Tendulkar said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"The stadium has a capacity of only 35,000 people, but 200,000-300,000 people came," the minister said.
He said a victory street parade by the winning team was called off as authorities had anticipated an uncontrollable crowd.
"The pain of this tragedy has even erased the joy of victory," said Siddaramaiah, who has ordered an inquiry in the deaths.
"I don't want to defend the incident, the tragedy... our government is not going to play politics on this," he added.
"This tragedy should not have happened. We are with the victims."
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