Chinnaswamy stampede case: CAT quashes suspension of IPS officer Vikas Kumar
Bengaluru: In a setback to the Karnataka state government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has overturned the suspension of IPS officer Vikas Kumar in connection with the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede incident.
The tribunal bench comprising Justice B.K. Srivatsava and Justice Santosh Mehra delivered the verdict after hearing the plea filed by Kumar challenging the state’s suspension order. The CAT not only revoked the suspension but also directed the government to reinstate all pending benefits and allowances owed to the officer.
Senior advocate Dhyan Chinappa represented Vikas Kumar during the proceedings. With this order, the suspended officer has been granted relief by the tribunal.
Vikas Kumar, who was serving as the Additional Commissioner of Police (West Division), was suspended following a tragic stampede at the Chinnaswamy Stadium that resulted in the deaths of 11 people. Questioning the disciplinary action, Kumar had approached the CAT seeking redress.
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Mother arrested for killing five-month-old child in Tripura
Agartala (PTI): Tripura Police has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her five-month-old child in Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday.
Initial investigation revealed that Suchitra Debbarma (28) killed her infant to pave the way for her plan to elope with a man she had been in a relationship with for a year.
After receiving information from Suchitra's neighbours, a police team headed by officer-in-charge of Sonamura police station Tapas Das went to their house at Rampadapara on Sunday.
"We found the baby lying on a bed while her mother was missing. We took the child to Sonamura sub-divisional hospital, where doctors declared the baby dead. Post-mortem will be conducted soon," he said.
According to Das, Suchitra was later arrested from the village.
"Prima facie, it appeared that Suchitra strangled her child to death when her husband, Amit Debbarma, went out for work at a rubber plantation. During interrogation, she admitted that she wanted to kill the baby and elope with another man with whom she had an extramarital affair," he said.
