Shut the Gate | In Memory of the Eleven Cricket Fans Who Never Came Home
The Issue
For the Eleven Cricket Fans Who Never Came Home
By Raghuram C Satyamurthy, Citizen of Bengaluru
On June 4th, 2025, a celebration turned into a tragedy. Eleven fans who came to celebrate Royal Challengers Bangalore’s historic IPL victory lost their lives near the stadium. They never returned home.
It's evident that this wasn’t an accident. It was the result of poor planning, crowd mismanagement, and a shocking failure of civic responsibility.
Who was affected?
Fathers. Daughters. Friends. Bengaluru lost its own that day—not to conflict or disaster, but to gross negligence during a public event. Families were shattered, futures stolen, and trust in the system deeply broken.
What must happen now?
We cannot let this fade away as just another headline.
We demand:
1- Permanently close the gate where the stampede occurred. Let it never open again.
2- Erect a memorial at that very site—with the names of the deceased, a public acknowledgment of the tragedy, and a pledge to do better.
3- Institutional accountability: Every year, on June 4th, let all responsible stakeholders—RCB, KSCA, BBMP, Bengaluru Police, and State officials—gather at the memorial to read the names aloud and seek forgiveness from the people.
Let the gate be sealed. Let memory stand where neglect once stood.
Why now?
Because silence breeds repetition. Because the families of the deceased deserve more than condolences—they deserve justice, remembrance, and respect. Because a city must be measured not only by its celebrations, but by how it mourns its dead.
This is about dignity. About collective healing. About never letting this happen again.
Sign this petition. Let the gate be closed. Let Bengaluru remember.
Image Credit: DH Photo/Pushkar V
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The Issue
For the Eleven Cricket Fans Who Never Came Home
By Raghuram C Satyamurthy, Citizen of Bengaluru
On June 4th, 2025, a celebration turned into a tragedy. Eleven fans who came to celebrate Royal Challengers Bangalore’s historic IPL victory lost their lives near the stadium. They never returned home.
It's evident that this wasn’t an accident. It was the result of poor planning, crowd mismanagement, and a shocking failure of civic responsibility.
Who was affected?
Fathers. Daughters. Friends. Bengaluru lost its own that day—not to conflict or disaster, but to gross negligence during a public event. Families were shattered, futures stolen, and trust in the system deeply broken.
What must happen now?
We cannot let this fade away as just another headline.
We demand:
1- Permanently close the gate where the stampede occurred. Let it never open again.
2- Erect a memorial at that very site—with the names of the deceased, a public acknowledgment of the tragedy, and a pledge to do better.
3- Institutional accountability: Every year, on June 4th, let all responsible stakeholders—RCB, KSCA, BBMP, Bengaluru Police, and State officials—gather at the memorial to read the names aloud and seek forgiveness from the people.
Let the gate be sealed. Let memory stand where neglect once stood.
Why now?
Because silence breeds repetition. Because the families of the deceased deserve more than condolences—they deserve justice, remembrance, and respect. Because a city must be measured not only by its celebrations, but by how it mourns its dead.
This is about dignity. About collective healing. About never letting this happen again.
Sign this petition. Let the gate be closed. Let Bengaluru remember.
Image Credit: DH Photo/Pushkar V
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Petition created on 6 June 2025