Bengaluru Top Cop, Other Key Officials Suspended After Stampede: Siddaramaiah

By our Special Correspondent

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah -- under attack from the BJP over yesterday's stampede in Bengaluru at the felicitation ceremony of the  Royal Challengers Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives -- said today that his government has suspended top police officers involved. The police commissioner and his deputy have been suspended and the next step will be against the RCB, the Karnataka State Cricket Association and their publicist DNA Entertainment, Mr Siddaramaiah told the media this evening. Seemanth Kumar Singh will now replace city police chief B Dayananda.