India, June 8 -- Days after a deadly stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives during celebrations for Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden IPL win, it has come to light that senior police officers had warned the Karnataka government about the risks of holding a felicitation event at the Vidhana Soudha.

A letter written on the day of the tragedy by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) MN Karibasavana Gowda on June 4, and accessed by TOI, had cautioned top bureaucrats about possible overcrowding and lack of security during RCB felicitation at Vidhana Soudha.

Gowda had also emphasised that the area lacked proper CCTV coverage and was a sensitive government zone.

Gowda, who was in charge of legislature security, wrote t...