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Bengaluru stampede: After action on cops, Karnataka transfers intelligence chief

The Karnataka government on Friday continued its administrative overhaul following the stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that claimed the lives of eleven people. A day after suspending Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda and other senior police officials, the Chief Minister's Office ordered the transfer of Intelligence Chief Hemanth Nimbalkar, an IPS decision comes in the wake of mounting pressure and public outcry after the incident that occurred during the Indian Premier League victory celebrations of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team. The event had drawn large crowds, leading to a deadly stampede at the stadium's gates. advertisement