Bengaluru, June 5 -- A mega celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden IPL title turned into a tragedy after 11 people were crushed to death and another 47 injured outside the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Wednesday evening, raising serious questions about police preparedness and organisational planning.

Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the stadium since the afternoon, hoping to catch a glimpse of their cricket heroes who had won their first IPL trophy the previous night. As crowds swelled ahead of the 6pm event, the police closed all gates, even as fans climbed over cars and climbed trees, triggering the crush between 3.30 pm to 5pm.

"The crowd was beyond our control. Even though we had deployed force, it was too much...