India, June 6 -- Bengaluru DCP (North) Saidulu Adavath was among the only senior officers on the ground when the crowd surged at multiple gates, The Indian Express reported.

When panic and overcrowding spiralled into tragedy at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, only a handful of police personnel were on ground, and among them, a single IPS officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Saidulu Adavath, tried to hold the crowd back with his team of two, the report added.

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