HIL 2024-25: Crowd trouble at final, people injured in minor stampede
The HinduTicketing issues and crowd trouble marred the final day of the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Nearly six people were injured in a minor stampede outside the gates, with as many as 4,000 people—several with tickets—waiting outside, eager to get in to watch the final and movie actor Sara Ali Khan, headlining the closing ceremony. Five to six people, three of them were our police staff, got injured but they are minor abrasions.” The majority of the month-long HIL was played in front of empty stands, but on the day of the final, the stadium was overflowing with people. HI general secretary Bholanath Singh said on the issue, “We also had organised the World Cup here but this is unbelievable, I didn’t expect so many people here – 20000 inside and so many people outside.
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