<p>Bengaluru: Dasarahalli resident B T Lakshman said on Tuesday that his 20-year-old son Bhumik would have been alive if the government had stationed ambulances with oxygen facility near Chinnaswamy stadium on June 4, the fateful day on which he died due to a stampede along with 10 others.</p>.<p>Lakshman recalled the death of his only son when leader of the Opposition R Ashoka visited his residence. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Attempts were made to save Bhumik through cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Lakshman pointed out.</p>.Bengaluru stampede: CID seeks custody of suspects.<p class="bodytext">“They were compressing his chest. Someone tried blowing air into my son’s mouth. My son would have lived if he was given oxygen supply. Couldn’t they have arranged for an ambulance with oxygen supply,” Lakshman asked Ashoka and Dasarahalli BJP MLA S Muniraju.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhumik was a second-year BTech student at the Bangalore Institute of Technology. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“The entire world knows why the tragedy happened. Why did they invite the public when the whole show was meant for themselves? After inviting public, why didn’t they arrange security and ambulances?” Lakshman said, expressing his pain. </p>.<p class="bodytext">When Ashoka said that Bhumik wanted to see cricketer Virat Kohli, Lakshman corrected him, “No, sir. He wasn’t anybody’s fan. He went to see the cricket stadium.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshman also slammed the government for blaming the police. “I request the government with folded hands to withdraw action taken against the police. What the government is doing to the police department is totally wrong,” he said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashoka said Lakshman had to walk from Malleswaram to Vydehi Superspeciality Hospital on Vittal Mallya Road where Bhumik’s body lay. “There must be a proper investigation in order to deliver justice,” Ashoka said. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: Dasarahalli resident B T Lakshman said on Tuesday that his 20-year-old son Bhumik would have been alive if the government had stationed ambulances with oxygen facility near Chinnaswamy stadium on June 4, the fateful day on which he died due to a stampede along with 10 others.</p>.<p>Lakshman recalled the death of his only son when leader of the Opposition R Ashoka visited his residence. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Attempts were made to save Bhumik through cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Lakshman pointed out.</p>.Bengaluru stampede: CID seeks custody of suspects.<p class="bodytext">“They were compressing his chest. Someone tried blowing air into my son’s mouth. My son would have lived if he was given oxygen supply. Couldn’t they have arranged for an ambulance with oxygen supply,” Lakshman asked Ashoka and Dasarahalli BJP MLA S Muniraju.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhumik was a second-year BTech student at the Bangalore Institute of Technology. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“The entire world knows why the tragedy happened. Why did they invite the public when the whole show was meant for themselves? After inviting public, why didn’t they arrange security and ambulances?” Lakshman said, expressing his pain. </p>.<p class="bodytext">When Ashoka said that Bhumik wanted to see cricketer Virat Kohli, Lakshman corrected him, “No, sir. He wasn’t anybody’s fan. He went to see the cricket stadium.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshman also slammed the government for blaming the police. “I request the government with folded hands to withdraw action taken against the police. What the government is doing to the police department is totally wrong,” he said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashoka said Lakshman had to walk from Malleswaram to Vydehi Superspeciality Hospital on Vittal Mallya Road where Bhumik’s body lay. “There must be a proper investigation in order to deliver justice,” Ashoka said. </p>
