Top KSCA officials resign amid probe into stampede at RCB IPL title celebration

The Bengaluru stampede during the RCB victory celebrations outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 people has caused a major upheaval in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) as A Shankar and E S Jairam have resigned from their respective posts as secretary and treasurer of the cricketing body.

The duo took moral responsibility for the tragedy that unfolded on Wednesday amid a probe into the incident.

Shankar and Jairam said they had submitted their resignations on Thursday night to KSCA president Raghuram Bhat.

Bhat and the two officials who resigned had submitted to the Karnataka high court that the association was not responsible for gate and crowd management.

The submission added that they had sought permission to hold RCB IPL celebrations at Vidhan Soudha.

Several Police officials, including Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda, were suspended in the aftermath of the tragedy.