Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda has been appointed as Extra Director Basic of Police (ADGP) for Prisons, three days after his suspension was lifted. The posting got here with rapid impact on Thursday, filling the emptiness left by retiring Director Basic of Police (Prisons) Malini Krishnamoorthy.
Dayananda was alleged to get promoted as DGP, however because the departmental inquiry is pending over the June 4 Bengaluru stampede, he’ll proceed as ADGP.
The Karnataka authorities Thursday additionally lifted the suspension of Vikash Kumar Vikash, former Extra Commissioner of Police (West), who was chargeable for stadium safety in the course of the stampede incident. In contrast to different officers whose suspensions have been revoked Monday, Vikash’s case was delayed as a result of a pending Karnataka Excessive Court docket inquiry.
Vikash had efficiently challenged his suspension on the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which dominated in his favour and prompt related aid for different suspended officers. The federal government has appealed this CAT determination within the excessive court docket, the place proceedings proceed.
Shekhar H Tekkannavar, beforehand Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), has been reassigned as Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, Bengaluru. Moreover, suspensions have been lifted for C Balakrishna, former Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cubbon Park subdivision), and A Okay Girish, former Cubbon Park police station inspector, although their new postings stay undetermined.
The suspensions have been imposed instantly after the stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the place celebrations have been held following Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s maiden IPL title victory. The federal government’s suspension order cited “substantial dereliction of obligation” that brought about “distress, lack of valuable life and embarrassment for the federal government.”
The federal government had blamed the police for ‘failing’ to implement ample security measures for the celebrations and for ‘not offering’ enough public data for essential precautionary steps.