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The twelvemonth 2025 for Bengaluru made its day with past for the incorrect reasons erstwhile it came to instrumentality and order, headlined by a tragic stampede that crushed young lives during long-awaited triumph celebrations.
What began arsenic a time of solemnisation aft the Indian Premier League (IPL) triumph of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for the archetypal clip successful 18 years turned deadly connected June 4, 2025 evening, erstwhile 11 people- each aged beneath 40- died, and 56 were injured, erstwhile a monolithic gathering of fans astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium led to chaos and stampede. As the victims and their families struggled to travel to presumption with the abrupt loss, the organisers, the authorities and assorted departments broke into a tussle to hole accountability and evade responsibility.
Heads began to rotation and successful an unprecedented move, the Police Commissioner excessively was suspended. It reached a constituent wherever questions were raised implicit whether the stadium successful the Central Business District should beryllium utilized astatine each for large events.
Cash van robbery
Another large communicative that made headlines was erstwhile a radical of men, posing arsenic RBI officials, stole ₹7.11 crore aft intercepting a currency van adjacent Ashoka pillar successful Siddapura connected November 19. The constabulary arrested nine, including constable Annappa Naik, mastermind Gopi (van in-charge) and ex-CMS worker Xavier, recovering ₹7.1 crore (98.6%) aft a multi-State chase.
While the accelerated betterment showcased the constabulary agility, the lawsuit exposed shortcomings successful currency logistics protocols and the vulnerability of systems erstwhile insiders- from some constabulary and backstage firms- are compromised. The engagement of a serving constable caused large embarrassment to the constabulary force.
Gold smuggling
A precocious illustration lawsuit that caused ripples successful March was the apprehension of Kannada movie histrion and stepdaughter of elder Indian Police Service serviceman from Karnataka, K. Ramachandra Rao, Ranya Rao. Ms. Rao, 33, was allegedly caught red-handed portion trying to smuggle 14.8 kg of gold, worthy implicit ₹12 crore from Dubai, astatine the Kempegowda International Airport.
The lawsuit sent daze waves done the powerfulness corridors of Karnataka, adjacent arsenic aggregate cardinal agencies joined the probe on with the DRI. The absorption cited a speculative media study that said 2 Ministers successful the State authorities were linked to the case. The Congress deed backmost saying 12 acres of onshore had been allotted by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board to a institution led by Rao during the erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime.
Chilling murders
Among the different large stories was that of a wide surgeon, Mahendra Reddy, allegedly murdering his wife, dermatologist Kruthika M. Reddy, 28, by injecting a controlled anaesthetic cause restricted to operation-theatre usage successful aggregate organs during “gastritis treatment” astatine the location of her parents successful Marathahalli successful April 23. Married connected May 26, 2024, her decease seemed natural, but her sister Dr. Nikitha’s post-mortem propulsion revealed overdose via FSL tests connected organs and seized equipment, starring to his apprehension successful October. The lawsuit raises questions astir oversight of restricted anaesthetic drugs successful infirmary systems.
In different case, Balamurugan, 40, a techie, changeable his estranged woman Bhuvaneshwari, 39 — an adjunct manager astatine a slope — 4 times connected the roadworthy successful Rajajinagar, days aft her divorcement notice. Minutes aft the murder, the accused walked into the Magadi Road Police Station, confessed to the transgression and surrendered earlier the police.
Drug seizures, cyber crimes
The constabulary besides seized drugs estimated to beryllium ₹160 crore, a grounds successful caller times, booked 1,078 cases nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act successful 2025 and arrested 1,543 individuals, including 52 foreigners, resulting successful the seizure of 1,446.75 kg of drugs.
Cyber crimes continued to beryllium reported successful Karnataka successful 2025, signaling 13,000 cases till November end, with losses totalling ₹2,038 crore. While the fig of cases declined from the erstwhile twelvemonth (22,478) the mean nonaccomplishment per lawsuit increased. Additionally, the betterment complaint fell beneath 10%. More than 80% of these cases were reported successful Bengaluru.
