Waited for 4 hours to file FIR: 15-year-old stampede victim's family
Relatives gathered at the home of the grieving family in Bengaluru's Yelahanka as the teen's body was taken for last rites.
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Stating that most of the deceased are youth, including students the CM said the government has announced Rs 10 lakh compensation (PTI)
Bengaluru,
5 June
The family of the 15-year-old girl, Divyanshi who died in the
stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium, said they had to wait nearly four
hours before an FIR could be filed.
Relatives
gathered at the home of the grieving family in Bengaluru's Yelahanka as the
teen's body was taken for last rites.
Her
grieving father, Shivakumar, recounted how his daughter fell after being pushed at Gate Number 15. His wife and sister-in-law were also present then, he added.
"They
(officials) came and visited (afterwards), but no proper support was provided.
They didn't even give proper first aid. My wife said she was begging for some
support. Finally, my daughter was taken in an auto, with no support from the
police. Even to file an FIR, we had to wait four hours," Shivakumar said.
The
girl's body has been taken to Andhra Pradesh for the last rites and cremation,
he added.
He
also said the government should take total responsibility.
"Why
didn't they make proper arrangements? Go and see Mysore Palace Road -- for
political events, they arrange everything. For this celebration, they should
have had proper planning. Intelligence should have been there," he added.
Meanwhile,
the mortal remains of Kamatchi Devi, a 28-year-old software engineer, who died
too in the stampede, was taken to her hometown Mayiladumparai in Tiruppur
district of Tamil Nadu for the last rites on Thursday.
Devi,
who was working in Bengaluru, had gone to celebrate Royal Challengers
Bangalore's IPL victory at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. She was caught in the crowd
surge and died.
Her
mortal remains were taken to Vivekananda School in Mayiladumparai, where
relatives, friends, and local residents gathered to pay their last respects.
Late
last night, after visiting the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital and Vydehi
Super Speciality Hospital, where most of the injured were admitted, Karnataka's
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, told the reporters gathered that the
"unexpected tragedy" shouldn't have happened.
Stating
that most of the deceased are youth, including men and women, with several of them being students, the CM said the government has announced Rs 10 lakh
compensation to the kin of each deceased.
He also said the injured will be provided free treatment.
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