Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah — under attack from the BJP over yesterday’s stampede in Bengaluru at the felicitation ceremony of the  Royal Challengers Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives — said today that his government has suspended top police officers involved. The police commissioner and his deputy have been suspended and the next step will be against the RCB, the Karnataka State Cricket Association and their publicist DNA Entertainment, MSiddaramaiah told the media t. Seemanth Kumar Singh will now replace city police chief B Dayananda.

The RCB had apparently disregarded police advice to allow a few more days to prepare for the felicitation ceremony, sources had said.

The state’s Criminal Investigation Department, the Chief Minister added, will take over the investigation into the mishap that has shocked the country. The Chief Minister had ordered an inquiry into the incident earlier by a one-man Commission of retired High Court judge Justice Michael Cunha.