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Bengaluru: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday, July 1, observed that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are “prima facie responsible” for the stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which led to the death of 11 people. Nearly 2.5 lakh fans thronged the MG Road and Cubbon Road areas near the stadium after RCB announced a victory parade from the Vidhana Soudha and a fan engagement programme at the stadium to celebrate the team’s maiden IPL triumph. “…therefore, prima facie it appears that the RCB is responsible for the gathering of about three to five lakh people. The RCB did not take the appropriate permission or consent from the police,” the CAT noted. “Suddenly, they posted on social media platforms and as a result of the aforementioned information, the public gathered,” added the CAT in its observation. Also Read Bengaluru stampede: RCB moves Karnataka HC seeking to quash criminal case The RCB had posted on its social media handles about the para...

Hyderabad: The Chaderghat police on Tuesday, July 1, arrested a man who disguised himself as a woman by wearing a burqa and then stole Rs 6,50,000 from a motorcycle. The accused Mohd Wajid, 22, a resident of Riyasathnagar, on Monday morning committed the theft from the motorcycle of an onion trader, Shaik Quddus, who had come to a market in the area. “Wajid wore a burqa and came to the market looking for an opportunity to steal the cash. He wanted money to buy a car. He saw that Quddus had kept the cash in the motorcycle and went to the auction yard. Wajid committed the theft and escaped,” said DCP, Southeast, S Chaitanya Kumar. On receiving a complaint, the Chaderghat police booked a case and checked the closed-circuit cameras. After noticing a woman had stolen the money, the police checked the route taken by the offender. Police later found that Wajid disguised himself as a woman and committed the theft. He was arrested and remanded. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City N...

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday, July 1, annulled the Karnataka government’s arbitrary suspension of Inspector General of Police (IGP) officer Vikash Kumar Vikash concerning the Bengaluru stampede that claimed 11 young lives. A bench comprising Justice BK Shrivastava and Santhosh Mehra stated that the order was passed in a “mechanical way” and there was no “convincing material for showing the default or negligence of the concerned police officers” at the time. “The police officers have been suspended without any sufficient material or grounds. Hence, the aforesaid order is liable to be quashed,” the tribunal said. “We also feel our duty to draw attention of the state government towards the settled principle of law that where a citizen aggrieved by an action of government department has approached the court and obtain a declaration of law in his/her favour, other similarly situated ought to be extended the benefit without the need for them to come to court,” the...