Bengaluru stampede LIVE | BJP, JD(S) doing politics over dead bodies: Shivakumar
Addressing criticism about going ahead with RCB celebrations despite the deaths, Shivakumar says he had no information about the stampede at that moment
Heads keep rolling in Karnataka.
A day after suspending Bengaluru City Police Commissioner and other senior police officers over the deadly stampede that killed 11 people, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday (June 6) dismissed his political secretary, K. Govindaraj. The government also transferred Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Intelligence, Hemant Nimbalkar.
Reports suggest that K Govindaraj allegedly overruled police objections and gave the go-ahead for the RCB victory parade, a decision now under scrutiny.
"The appointment of K Govindaraj as Political Secretary to the Chief Minister is hereby revoked with immediate effect. Accordingly, K Govindaraj is hereby relieved from the post of Political Secretary to the Chief Minister with immediate effect," an official notification said.
Conceding that there was an intelligence failure in connection with the stampede incident, the CM on Thursday said, "No decision has been made yet about what action to be taken in this regard. We have discussed it."
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RCB official arrested, three other detained
The Bengaluru police have arrested the marketing head of RCB, Nikhil Sosale, in connection with the stampede that occurred outside M Chinnaswamy stadium on Wednesday (June 4).
Sosale, the head of marketing and revenue for RCB at Diageo India was taken into custody at the Bengaluru airport, when he was reportedly flying out to Mumbai, according to an India Today report.
Separately, three staff members of DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt Ltd, the organisers of the victory celebrations were also detained by the police.
The personnel, identified as Kiran, Sumanth and Sunil Mathew, were taken in for questioning. The interrogation was underway at the Cubbon Park Police Station, where the FIR regarding the stampede was registered, with RCB, the event organisation company and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) being named as accused.
Meanwhile, the KSCA secretary and treasurer were said to be on the run. The police reached their house but could not find them.
