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2 days ago
- Sport
- Scroll.in
Bengaluru stampede: Karnataka revokes suspension of four police officers
The Karnataka government on Monday revoked the suspension of four senior police officers, including two Indian Police Service officers, against whom action was taken after the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 persons, The New Indian Express reported. The four officers are former Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shekhar H Tekkannavar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cubbon Park Division) C Balakrishna and Cubbon Park Police Station Inspector AK Girish, Deccan Herald reported. While the officers have been reinstated with immediate effect, their new postings are not yet clear. #Breaking | Karnataka govt revokes suspension of ex-Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and three others. Then Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Vikash Kumar Vikash's suspension stands as proceedings are underway at the #Karnataka High Court. @DeccanHerald — Prajwal D'Souza (@prajwaldza) July 28, 2025 A fifth official, the former Bengaluru Additional Commissioner of Police Vikash Kumar Vikash of the Indian Police Services, remains suspended as his case is being heard in the Karnataka High Court. He was in charge of stadium security, Deccan Herald reported. Vikash had approached the Central Administrative Tribunal to challenge his suspension. The CAT had quashed the suspension order, following which the state government filed an appeal before the High Court, where the case is pending. The tribunal is a quasi-judicial body to resolve the grievances of government employees. It had held in its July 1 order that the basis for such a conclusion was unclear as the order suspending the police officer did not explain how it came to the finding before the inquiry was completed. The stampede had taken place at Gate Number 3 of the stadium on June 4, where fans had gathered to celebrate the Royal Challengers Bengaluru's victory in the Indian Premier League. Eleven persons were killed and more than 50 were injured in the incident.
Deccan Herald
3 days ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Karnataka govt revokes suspension of former Bengaluru top cop B Dayananda and 3 others
#Breaking | Karnataka govt revokes suspension of ex-Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and three others. Then Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Vikash Kumar Vikash's suspension stands as proceedings are underway at the #Karnataka High Court. @DeccanHerald
Time of India
7 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
RCB, Karnataka cricket body to face action for stampede
BENGALURU: The Siddaramaiah cabinet decided on Thursday to initiate legal action based on retired HC judge John Michael D'Cunha's report indicting IPL franchise RCB, Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and event management firm DNA Entertainment Networks for the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium in which 11 cricket fans died and over 50 others were injured. "Action against (suspended) government officials depends on the outcome of the departmental inquiry," law and parliamentary affairs minister H K Patil said after the cabinet meeting in which the inquiry report was formally accepted. DNA Entertainment immediately filed a petition in Karnataka HC, asking for the inquiry commission's report to be quashed on grounds of alleged procedural lapses and bias. CM Siddaramaiah suspended ex-Bengaluru police chief B Dayananda and four other senior cops on charges of crowd-management lapses, while fending off allegations that his govt was just as reponsible for clearing a victory parade for IPL champions RCB even before the final in Ahmedabad got over on June 3. The Central Administrative Tribunal has since stayed the suspensions. DNA's petition alleges that the report was submitted in "undue haste", ignoring "critical documentation" demonstrating the firm's efforts to manage the event inside the stadium. It argues that an event management company can't be held liable for crowd mismanagement outside the venue, which is under the government's jurisdiction. The firm has also flagged simultaneous inquiries in alleged violation of Article 20(2) of the Constitution, which prohibits multiple proceedings for the same offence. HC had taken suo motu cognizance of the stampede deaths and sought a report from the state government, following which the commission of inquiry was announced. A parallel CID investigation and a magisterial inquiry led by the deputy commissioner (Bengaluru urban) are underway. The D'Cunha commission named KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, former secretary A Shankar, ex-treasurer ES Jayaram, RCB vice-president Rajesh Menon, DNA managing director T Venkatavardhan and vice-president Sunil Mathur, among others, as responsible for the stampede.
