Spectator fist bumps with Kohli throughout RCB-MI sport: MCA calls it safety lapse, Pimpri-Chinchwad police says will relook at system

AFTER a 26-year-old youth walked previous the safety cordon inside Gahunje stadium and ran straight as much as the gamers in the course of the IPL match between Mumbai Indian and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday night, the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) has flagged safety issues with the Pimpri-Chinchwad police which has determined to spruce up your entire safety preparations contained in the stadium.

The incident has additionally led to verbal duel between the MCA officers and the Pimpri-Chinchwad police. While the MCA says Saturday’s incident was a “security lapse,” the police deny any lapse on their half. “It was certainly a security lapse. The police should not have allowed the man to run up to the players. They should have stopped him before he jumped the fence. In such cases, anything can happen…,” MCA president Vikas Kakatkar informed this paper on Sunday.

Stopping in need of calling it a “major security lapse,” like former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar termed it, Kakatkar mentioned,”Even a small incident vis-a-vis gamers’ safety shouldn’t be allowed to occur. It was a safety lapse and we’ve taken up the difficulty with the police. We have requested them to take all obligatory steps to make sure that such incidents should not repeated on the stadium.”

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When requested about MCA’s cost, Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Commissioner Krishna Prakash mentioned,”It was not a safety lapse. It was ‘excessive enthusiasm’ from the cricket fan. How can it’s a safety lapse when we’ve deployed 600 police personnel to protect the stadium and the gamers ? We have put in tight safety measures on the stadium.”

Kakatkar mentioned that the incident occurred even when the Police Commissioner himself was current and monitoring the safety preparations. “It is said that the incident happened when the police commissioner himself was present inside the stadium…It should not have happened in front of him …,” he mentioned.

The police chief, nevertheless, mentioned he was not current on the stadium when the incident occurred. “I left the stadium much before the incident happened…I was on duty but had come to take the rounds. I was there for 45 minutes,” he mentioned.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad police will take a re-look on the safety contained in the stadium. “We don’t need to review the security inside the stadium as we have put in stringent security measures. But, yes, we will have a re-look at the system in place so as to prevent such fencing jumping incidents in future. After the incident at the stadium, we will have to redeploy the police personnel at different points inside the stadium. We will ensure more effective coordination with stadium guards appointed by the MCA. Also, we will rope in CCTV cameras at certain sensitive points or wherever they have not been placed,” the police chief mentioned.

Krishna mentioned exterior the stadium, they’ve armed guards in uniform and tighter safety association. “Inside except at key spots, we do not place armed cops. We have plainclothes police personnel inside the stadium. We also cannot ask MCA to increase the fence height as it will otherwise block the view of spectators sitting in the vicinity,” he mentioned.

Krishna mentioned the gate between the fence and seating preparations is stored open or is loosely mounted. “This is because in case there is some natural calamity like an earthquake, we have to ask the crowd to come on to the ground…Now, we will have to think of tightly locking up the gate,” he mentioned.

Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar referred to as it a significant lapse in safety. “Of late, I have not heard of such an incident…A spectator going right up to the players is indeed a matter of serious security concern. Such incidents should be avoided at any cost.”

Meanwhile, the Pimpri-Chinchwad police mentioned 26-year-old youth who intruded on to the bottom and was seen giving fist bump Virat Kohli after which approaching Rohit Sharma, was arrested on Sunday on fees of trespassing into the stadium and creating ruckus whereas he was being escorted out of the bottom by police personnel.

Police mentioned the incident befell between 10.30 and 10.45 pm in the course of the match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). RCB gained by seven wickets.

At the time of the incident, Kohli was batting and was on the striker’s finish whereas Sharma was within the area.
Talegaon Dabhade police station, which has jurisdiction over the stadium, arrested the person who has been recognized as Dashrath Jadhav (26), a resident of Satara district.

Police constable Vinod Salve, who was one of many two police personnel who escorted the person out of the bottom, mentioned, “There was a group of people who had gathered near the fence that was taller than an average person. We repeatedly gave warnings to this man to not try to scale the fence. But at one moment he climbed up the fence from a platform and jumped on the ground.”

Police mentioned that the person ran straight to Kohli who was on the striker’s finish. As the person approached him, Kohli gave him a fist bump. The man then ran in direction of Rohit.

“When he was being escorted out of the ground he manhandled the policemen and created a ruckus,” mentioned Assistant Inspector Durganath Sali who’s probing the case. Sali mentioned Jadhav works for a personal firm and hails from Kesurdi village of Khandala taluka of Satara district.

A First Information Report within the case was later registered towards Jadhav beneath Indian Penal Code part 447 pertaining to prison trespass and 353 pertaining to assault or prison power to discourage public servant from discharge of his responsibility, mentioned inspector Madhukar Sawant, in-charge of the Talegaon Dabhade police station. He was positioned beneath arrest on Sunday morning, Sawant added.