Pramesh S Jain
Seemanth Kumar Singh’s appointment comes just hours after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah suspended Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda for dereliction of duty in a stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium.
A 1996-batch IPS officer,Seemanth Singh is currently the Additional Director General of Police,Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force.He has been appointed Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City, until further orders.
Siddaramaiah suspends Bengaluru Police Commissioner, top officials
Hours before chief minister cracked whip and suspended B.Dayananda and his team holding him responsible for the stampede tragedy,the government appointed Seemanth Kumar Singh as New police commissioner.
Along with B.Dayananda,Additional commissioner of police,Vikash Kumar Vikash,DCP central,Shekhar HT,ACP, cubbon park,Balakrishna and Inspector,Girish have been suspended with immediate effect.
Announcing the suspension Chief Minister Siddaramaiah came down heavily on the officials responsible for the mess .
State government forms one-man judicial commission
Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister announced a one-man judicial probe, headed by Justice Michael D’Cunha, a retired High Court judge of Karnataka, into the tragic incident.
Seemanth kumar Singh who was heading BMTF has been asked to take over city police commissioner position until further orders.
