By means of PTI
KOLKATA: Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal stated on Friday that there used to be no state of affairs the place attendees have been in need of house at Nazrul Manch right here all over singer KK’s efficiency on Wednesday.
Goyal stated that the police are, on the other hand, introducing some measures to forestall overcrowding and to offer emergency clinical support if there’s want for it.
“Overcrowding may e there to some degree, however there used to be no state of affairs the place other people have been in need of house or sweating or having problems with (different) other people,” he stated.
He stated KK arrived at Nazrul Manch, the venue of his closing soiree, at 6.22 pm and went on degree at 7.05 pm.
“At no level of time used to be he mobbed, we had enough police presence on the position,” he stated.
Goyal stated {that a} police association below an assistant commissioner used to be in position smartly sooner than the singer’s arrival.
He stated that despite the fact that controversy has arisen on what number of people have been there on the venue, the police have “transparent video the place you’ll see individuals are status with ease and dancing.”
Goyal categorically stated that there used to be no stampede-like state of affairs at any level of time and that after considered from other angles of video shoots of the programme, there used to be plentiful house for the group to with ease watch the efficiency.
He stated that at no level of time the organisers, artistes, musicians on degree or the group informed the police that there used to be the rest amiss.
He stated that the precise choice of other people provide may just now not be ascertained as at more than a few issues of time the numbers would had been other.
He stated that there are round 2,500 seats at Nazrul Manch and many of the crowd have been status in entrance of their very own seats.
“We request that henceforth a clinical ambulance be stored with a physician and sanatorium must be recognized the place other people will also be taken to in case of emergency,” he stated.
Goyal stated that it must be ensured that tickets must now not be dispensed greater than the seating capability of a venue.
“We’re striking a mechanism in position to make sure this procedure,” he stated, including that organisers can be asked to position up displays out of doors the bottom the place extra crowd can view the programme.
Goyal stated that an incident of use of a hearth extinguisher took place out of doors the corridor and about 150 metres.
It’s been alleged {that a} fireplace extinguisher used to be used to disperse surging crowds seeking to drive their access into the corridor to wait KK’s efficiency.
“There used to be a small argument between some individuals who have been seeking to get to the degree and that’s once I assume somebody used this hearth extinguisher,” he stated.
Goyal stated that the police intervened and not anything severe came about.
“They separated the folk and the placement used to be introduced below keep watch over nearly straight away,” he stated.
The police commissioner stated that the air-conditioning of the corridor used to be functioning as in keeping with knowledge from the government working the corridor, negating allegations from sure sections that it used to be now not operating correctly.
