Advice against holding immediate celebrations went unheeded, say police

Bengaluru, 3/6: Senior police officers on Wednesday said their advice against holding the RCB victory celebrations at short notice, and instead postponing it by a week, went unheard.

We tried to discourage the government as well as the RCB franchise from Tuesday night against having any celebrations on Wednesday. We told them it would be ill-advised and recommended holding the event next Sunday when emotions would have cooled down”senior officer privy to the discussions between various stakeholders told