Former captain of the indian cricket team and former head coach of Team India, rahul dravid has spoken for the first time on the Bangalore stampede. Dravid also played for RCB in the IPL. Dravid has reacted to the death of 11 people in the celebration of RCB winning the IPL title for the first time. He described the Bangalore stampede as unfortunate and sad.
On the death of 11 people in the stampede in Bangalore, rahul dravid said, "It is very disappointing. Very sad. My condolences are with those people." Dravid further said, "This city is fond of sports. I am from this city. Here people like not only cricket but also other sports. Here people also follow and like the football team and the kabaddi team."
On the stampede during the title celebrations, Dravid, a resident of Bangalore, further said, "Royal Challengers Bangalore have a very large number of fans. This is a very unfortunate incident. My condolences to the families of those killed and the injured in the incident." Let us tell you that on june 4, the day after RCB won the IPL 2025 title, a large number of people gathered near the Chinnaswamy Stadium to celebrate and see the team and the trophy and 11 people died due to the stampede. In order to fix accountability for this stampede, the state government had also suspended several top police officials. RCB's Marketing and Revenue Head Nikhil Sosle has also been arrested. The karnataka government had announced to give Rs 10 lakh to the families of those who died in the stampede. However, now the compensation amount has been increased. Now the state government will give Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the deceased. At the same time, franchise RCB has also announced to give Rs 10 lakh to the deceased..jpg)
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