Magisterial inquiry serves notice to former Police Commissioner Dayananda in stampede case
Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha, heading the magisterial inquiry into the stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium during celebration for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team winning IPL-2025 on June 4, issued a notice on Monday to the former Police Commissioner B. Dayananda to appear before the probe. Mr. Dayananda is learnt to have sought more time to appear before the inquiry.
The magisterial inquiry that began by questioning victims in the stampede, has till date questioned and recorded statements of over 40 police personnel, including senior police officials of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) who were deployed for security cover at the Stadium when the stampede broke out.
Finally, the inquiry has begun against the five officers, from inspector of Cubbon Park Police to the city Police Commissioner whom the State government held responsible for the stampede and suspended on June 6. The inquiry has questioned and recorded the statements of A.V. Girish, who was inspector of Cubbon Park Police Station on Monday and Assistant Commissioner of Police C. Balakrishna on Saturday. The inquiry of the three IPS officers - Deputy Commissioner of Police Shekhar H.T., Additional Commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash and former Police Commissioner B. Dayananda is pending. Sources said Mr. Dayananda is likely to appear before the inquiry and record his statement in the end after the inquiry of all other officers is completed.
Meanwhile, the one man judicial inquiry led by former High Court of Karnataka judge Micheal D'Cunha has also begun its inquiry and has recorded statements of several police officers, including those who were present at the spot of the stampede on June 4.
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