Bengaluru (01.08.2025): The Karnataka government reinstated Vikash Kumar Vikash (IPS: 2004: KT), who was suspended along with four police officers in connection with the June 4, 2025, stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Disciplinary proceedings is pending against him.
The government on July 28, 2025 revoked the suspension of two IPS officers: B Dayananda, and Shekar H Tekkannavar along with two Karnataka State Police Service officers: C Balakrishna and A K Girish.
Vikash's suspension wasn't revoked along with the other four police officers on Monday, and officials had cited a case relating to his suspension pending before the High Court. Vikash had challenged his suspension before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which revoked the suspension order on July 1. The government has challenged the CAT order in the High Court.
Meanwhile, the government on Thursday also issued a notification appointing Dayananda as Additional Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), and Shekhar H Tekkannavar as Superintendent of Police, Intelligence. Vikash is now posted as Inspector General of Police, Internal Security Division, Bengaluru, in the vacant post. He was Additional Commissioner of Police (West) and in charge of stadium security when the stampede happened.
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