Karnataka government exonerates three IPS officers in Chinnaswamy stampede case

The Karnataka government on Tuesday exonerated senior IPS officers B Dayananda Vikash Kumar Vikash and Shekhar HTekkannavar in connection with the June 4 2025 Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede case in which 11 people were killed bringing an end to the departmental proceedings initiated against them under the All India Services Discipline and Appeal Rules 1969Separate orders issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms ServicesIV stated that the disciplinary proceedings initiated under Rule 84 of the AIS DampampA Rules have been closed after the competent authority examined the officers statements of defence and the opinion of the Administrative DepartmentB Dayananda a 1994batch IPS officer who was serving as Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner of Police Bengaluru City and Shekhar HTekkannavar a 2014batch IPS officer and then Deputy Commissioner of Police Central Division Bengaluru City were suspended on June 5 2025 a day after the stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed several lives and triggered widespread criticism over crowd management and security arrangementsVikash Kumar Vikash a 2004batch IPS officer was serving as Inspector General of Police and Additional Commissioner of Police West Bengaluru City when he was placed under suspension on June 5 2025 pending disciplinary proceedings over the stampede incidentAlthough their suspensions were subsequently revoked departmental inquiries continuedShowcause notices along with articles of charge were served on both officers on July 31 2025 In their replies submitted on September 8 2025 the officers denied the allegations and sought to be exoneratedAccording to the government orders dated July 14 2026 the competent authority found no grounds to continue the proceedingsIn the circumstances explained in the preamble the Departmental Enquiry Proceedings initiated against Sri B Dayananda IPS KN1994 under Rule 84 of AIS DampampA Rules are hereby closed and the officer is exonerated of the charges levelled against him the order about Dayananda statedA similar order was issued in respect of Tekkannavar However while exonerating him of the charges the government issued a warning advising him to act responsibly to ensure that such incidents shall not recur in the futureThe Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede on June 4 2025 had led to disciplinary action against several police officials including the then Bengaluru Police Commissioner and senior officers responsible for overseeing security arrangements during the eventCopies of the orders have been forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs the Department of Personnel and Training the Karnataka Home Department and other concerned authorities formally closing the proceedings against the two IPS officersIt can be recalled that a total of 11 people were killed in the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede in Bengaluru on June 4 2025 during the celebrations marking Royal Challengers Bengalurus RCB maiden IPL title victoryThe incident also left at least 56 people injured according to official figuresThe crowd crush occurred outside multiple gates of the stadium as tens of thousands of fans gathered for the felicitation ceremony Investigations later revealed that nearly 25 lakh people had converged around the venue overwhelming the security and crowdmanagement arrangementsThe deceased included six men and five women and the tragedy led to multiple inquiries suspensions of senior police officers and legal proceedings involving event organisers and government officialsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever