A celebration event organised by the Karnataka State Government to honour Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) IPL campaign turned into tragedy on Wednesday, as a stampede broke out, leaving seven people dead and 16 others injured, several of them critically, said Amit Malviya in a post on X, The Economic Times reported.

The mishap reportedly occurred due to overcrowding and poor crowd management at the government-organised gathering, which drew thousands of RCB fans. Visuals from the scene showed chaos and panic as emergency services struggled to reach those injured.

BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya criticised the state government for the incident, blaming it on what he called a “lack of basic administrative foresight," according to The Economic Times.