India, June 5 -- During a suo motu hearing on the Bengaluru stampede in which 11 people died, the Karnataka government told the Karnataka high court on Thursday that 2.5 lakh people had unexpectedly congregated outside the Chinnaswamy stadium to celebrate the victory of the local team, RCB, in the Indian Premier League. The government also told the court that they had deployed over 1400 personnel, including senior officials, to maintain the law and order situation outside and inside the stadium.

Advocate general Shashi Kiran Shetty, appearing for the state, told the court that 2.5 lakh people turned up because it was published that the entry was free, reported Live Law.

He said the huge crowd accumulated because people from outside the ...