Embarrassment no ground for suspension over stampede: Cop

IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash on Friday told the Karnataka high court that his suspension following the June 4 stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru wasa “classic case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t” as he objected to the state's submission that the police officials suspended over the incident had caused an “embarrassment” to the government.

- Ayesha Arvind

The submission made by Vikash’s counsel, senior advocate Dhyan Chinappa, came in response to the state government's claim that the police had made security arrangements for an event that had no official permission, effectively blaming its own force for the stampede.