Thirteen years ago today, cricket's worst crowd tragedy took place as New Zealand played a one-day international in India - but no one has yet been prosecuted over the 13 spectator deaths.
A flimsily built wall in the east stand of the old Nagpur stadium owned by the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) collapsed, bringing dozens of cricket fans crashing down with the debris, injuring nearly 80.
Eight died on the spot and another five later died of their injuries.
"The tragedy that remains cricket world's biggest is all but forgotten now," the Times of India reported today.
"The relatives of victims... are still to get justice. Nobody has been asked to pay damages. Nobody has gone to jail for either poor design or bad construction of the parapet."
The newspaper reported that efforts to trace any official proceedings encountered "a general amnesia" as if the 1995 incident never happened.
At Sadar police station, where charges against the then VCA office-bearers, architect, and the builder were filed, inquiries about the case were initially met with stone-walling.
The case file eventually revealed was "shockingly bare" recording only the names of the victims, without addresses or even the name of the investigating officer or a copy of the charge-sheet, the newspaper reported.
The police said soon after the mishap, they had registered a case against the then VCA president Prabhakar Mundle, then VCA secretary Gopal Kelkar, architect Anand Godse and builder Shriniwas Warnekar claiming they caused death though a rash and negligent act, caused hurt by endangering lives or personal safety of others, and also caused grievous hurt.
New Zealand won the match by 99 runs, and Nathan Astle, who scored 114 runs, was named man of the match.
