B'luru stampede: Suspended ACP challenges K'taka govt order; moves CAT

NEW DELHI: Senior IPS serviceman Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was among the 5 officers suspended by the Karnataka authorities pursuing the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede incident, has approached the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) challenging the state's order, authoritative sources said connected Monday.The June 4 incidental claimed 11 lives, portion 56 radical were injured."He (Vikash) moved the tribunal past week. They are apt to perceive the substance successful the days ahead," sources told quality bureau PTI.Vikash was Bengaluru's further commissioner of constabulary (West).On Thursday, a time aft the incident, Karnataka main curate Siddaramaiah suspended the 5 officers, including Bengaluru City constabulary commissioner B Dayananda.Defending the action, Siddaramaiah said the pursuing time that those who did not fulfil their work decently were suspended.The suspension bid said, "It is recovered that determination has been, connected the look of it, a important dereliction of work by these officers."The stampede occurred successful beforehand of the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the location venue of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 winners Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), connected Wednesday. A ample fig of RCB fans had thronged to enactment successful the lawsuit to observe RCB winning the championship, its archetypal since the league began successful April 2028.The ceremonial was held contempt constabulary objections connected aggregate grounds, including deficiency of clip to marque arrangements for the function. RCB defeated Punjab Kings conscionable the erstwhile nighttime to clinch the rubric successful Ahmedabad.