Hours after 11 people were killed in a stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal said that officials inside a Bengaluru stadium during the celebrations of the RCB victory were unaware of what was going on outside.

After a crowd assembled outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium for a team appreciation event hosted by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), mayhem broke out.

Outside the Vidhana Soudha, where the RCB team traveled from the airport to meet with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a sizable audience had also assembled.

Police were seen transporting unconscious and injured individuals to a local hospital. According to witnesses, a large number of people who had come to see the festivities passed out amid the crowd.

Arun Dhumal sought to know who organized the Bengaluru event, as the celebrations already happened in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, and for the BCCI, the IPL also ended on Tuesday.

"We spoke to the management when we got to know about the situation, and they assured us that they will finish the ceremony quickly. This is definitely sad and tragic. RCB officials assured me that they will wind up the celebrations now.

Officials inside weren't aware of what happened outside. They assured me they will wrap it up inside. It is very sad and tragic. Heartfelt condolences... We are not even aware of whether someone has planned this event—how come such a huge crowd came to the stadium?" Arun Dhumal was quoted by NDTV.

Referring to protocol, he said the celebrations for the BCCI and PL ended on Tuesday night.

"How it has to be carried forward is up to the respective franchise. All officials from the state government were there—there would have been protocol in place," Dhumal said.

In addition to expressing shock and offering condolences to the families of the 11 people who died in the stampede, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed they did not anticipate such large crowds.

The chief minister remarked at a press conference this evening that the disaster was unexpected because the stadium can hold 35,000 people. He declared that the injured would receive free medical care and that the families of those murdered in the stampede would receive Rs 10 lakh in compensation.