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The ticket holders turning up for the Durand Cup semifinal between Mohun Bagan Super Giant and Bengaluru FC right here on Tuesday is not going to be allowed to enter the stadium with tifo, drums, smoke candles or different inflammable supplies, the Kolkata Police mentioned on Monday. The discover was issued as a result of safety points within the wake of RG Kar Medical College protests. “…This is to request you to convey via your authority to the contesting groups i.e. the Mohun Bagan Super Giants and the Bengaluru FC that no Tifo or drums, smoke candles or different inflammable supplies will probably be allowed contained in the stadium through the mentioned match,” the authorities mentioned within the discover signed by the joint commissioner of police, Bidhannagar.
“It is requested that the above could clearly be communicated to each the groups and their followers in order that the spectators who could be arriving to observe the scheduled match on the twenty seventh August on the VYBK, Salt Lake are conscious of the identical and they’ll cooperate with the safety businesses on this regard.” “We anticipate a optimistic cooperation out of your aspect and in addition from the tip of the involved groups (MBSG and Bengaluru FC) on this regard, within the curiosity of guaranteeing a clean and gratifying semifinal match on the twenty seventh August,” they mentioned within the discover.
Amid the protests in Kolkata over the rape and homicide of a postgraduate trainee physician at RG Kar Medical College, the town police and the event organisers had earlier cancelled the derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, saying that offering additional safety for the conflict could be a giant problem.
In a uncommon present of camaraderie, supporters of arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan then gathered close to the Salt Lake Stadium, the venue of the cancelled Kolkata Derby, to protest the alleged rape and homicide of the physician.
As Asia’s oldest soccer event enters the ultimate levels of the competitors, Bengaluru FC have their process reduce out towards the defending champions. Mogan Bagan haven’t solely scored 10 objectives but in addition stoutly defended their citadel, conceding simply three objectives.
