Bengaluru, July 18 -- The Karnataka government has told the High Court that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) organised their IPL victory parade on June 4 without obtaining prior permission from the city police, triggering a chaotic sequence of events that resulted in a stampede killing 11 people and injuring over 50 others. The details emerged from a government report that was made public on Thursday following a direction from the Karnataka High Court. The state had initially sought to keep the report confidential, but the court ruled there was no legal basis for such a request. According to the report, RCB only "informed" the police about the possibility of a parade on June 3, but did not formally apply for permission. The police were not given the required seven-day notice or details regarding crowd estimates, traffic management, or emergency preparedness. "In the present case, no applications in the prescribed formats were submitted to the licensing authority by the applicant/organiser. In the absence of such information required under the prescribed formats, it was not possible for the licence-granting authority to consider the request positively. Accordingly, the PI of the Cubbon Park Police Station did not grant the permission to the request made by KSCA on 03.06.2025 at around 6.30 pm, due to a lack of information regarding the expected approximate gathering, arrangements made, possible bottlenecks, and the like, for both possible outcomes of the final match, i.e., whether RCB won or lost," the report stated. Despite this, RCB announced the event publicly through its social media channels beginning at 7:01 am on June 4, with posts declaring free entry to a parade that would begin at Vidhana Soudha and end at Chinnaswamy Stadium. These posts drew massive public attention. The government report notes that one such post, featuring star cricketer Virat Kohli, went live at 8:55 am, encouraging fans to join the celebrations. A subsequent post at 3:14 pm announced a limited free-pass system, but by then, thousands had already arrived assuming open access. "This post mentioned, for the first and only time, that free passes (limited entry) were available on shop.royalchallengers.com, and until this point, there had been no information regarding the disbursement of passes, implying that the event was open to all based on RCB's prior posts," the report noted. The public response was overwhelming. Authorities estimate over 3 lakh people gathered for the parade and celebrations. The metro alone recorded 9.66 lakh passengers that day -- nearly 60% above average ridership. "Around 3,00,000 individuals gathered in this limited space, far exceeding the stadium's capacity of merely 35,000. Such a crowd concentrated at the entry gates of the stadium following posts made by the RCB/organisers on their official handles stating that entry to the event would be free for all," the report said. As crowds surged, confusion over the entry system led to panic. Stadium gates were not opened on time, the report said, and the lack of coordinated gate management led to several being broken open by the crowd. "As restless crowds gathered at the gates, the situation deteriorated further when the organisers/RCB/DNA/KSCA responsible for gate management failed to open the gates at the appropriate time and in an unsynchronised manner. This prompted the crowd to force their way into the stadium by breaking open Gate Nos. 1, 2, and 21, due to complete mismanagement by the organisers," it added. Multiple gates -- including 2, 2A, 6, 7, 15, 17, 18, 20, and 21 -- experienced "sporadic stampedes", though police stationed nearby were able to respond and regain control in most instances, the report said. Authorities debated calling off the event but feared that an abrupt cancellation could lead to worse consequences. "This tactical decision considered the evolving ground situation, crowd psychology, the massive scale of gathering, and the information asymmetry amongst the assembled masses. The risk of large-scale rioting both within the stadium premises and throughout Bengaluru necessitated this careful balancing approach, prioritizing overall public safety over immediate event cessation," the report said. The state government concluded that the stampede was the result of poor planning, a lack of coordination, and failure by RCB and associated organisers to follow due process....