{"id":22373,"date":"2025-08-30T10:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=632307"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:02:13","slug":"rcb-announces-rs-25-lakh-compensation-for-families-of-stampede-victims-under-rcb-cares-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/rcb-announces-rs-25-lakh-compensation-for-families-of-stampede-victims-under-rcb-cares-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"RCB announces Rs 25 lakh compensation for families of stampede victims under \u2018RCB Cares\u2019 initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"486\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has announced the launch of <strong data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"300\">\u2018RCB Cares\u2019<\/strong>, a long-term support initiative, in the aftermath of the tragic <strong data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"420\">stampede at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, 2025<\/strong>, which claimed the lives of 11 fans and left 56 others injured.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"832\">The incident occurred when thousands of supporters gathered in and around the stadium to celebrate RCB\u2019s maiden IPL title victory. According to the <strong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"684\">Justice John Michael Cunha Commission report<\/strong>, \u201creckless announcements\u201d regarding entry into the stadium and poor regulation at the gates were identified as the <strong data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"829\">root cause of the tragedy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd5 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00: \ud835\udde2\ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01<\/p>\n<p>Our hearts broke on June 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>We lost eleven members of the RCB family. They were part of us. Part of what makes our city, our community & our team unique. Their absence will echo in the memories of each one of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1hALMHZ6os\">pic.twitter.com\/1hALMHZ6os<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCBTweets\/status\/1961647347987091595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"875\">RCB\u2019s support for affected families<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1077\">In an official statement, RCB said, <em data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"1075\">\u201cOur hearts broke on June 4, 2025. We lost eleven members of the RCB family. They were part of us, part of what makes our city, our community & our team unique.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1281\">As a first step, the franchise has <strong data-start=\"1114\" data-end=\"1172\">extended \u20b925 lakh each to the families of the deceased<\/strong>, describing it not only as financial aid but also as a <strong data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1278\">promise of compassion, unity, and ongoing care<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1317\">The beginning of \u2018RCB Cares\u2019<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1621\">RCB confirmed that this tragedy has led to the creation of <strong data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1392\">\u2018RCB Cares\u2019<\/strong>, a long-term commitment towards <strong data-start=\"1425\" data-end=\"1461\">meaningful action and fan safety<\/strong>. The initiative will focus on honouring the memory of the lives lost while ensuring fans\u2019 sentiments, expectations, and safety are prioritised in the future.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1702\">More details on the initiative are expected to be shared in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has announced the launch of \u2018RCB Cares\u2019, a long-term support initiative, in the aftermath of the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3804],"class_list":["post-22373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-rcb"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}