RCB moves Karnataka High Court against CAT order blaming it for Bengaluru stampede | Bangalore News

In the order pronounced on July 1, CAT states, “…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. Suddenly, they posted on social media platforms and as a result of aforesaid information the public were gathered.”

The order also stated that, due to a lack of time, the Bengaluru police could not make adequate arrangements.

“Until this point, there had been no information regarding the disbursement of passes, implying that the event was open to all, according to the RCB post. The first post received 16 lakh views, the second post received 4.26 lakh views, and the third post received 7.6 lakh views while the fourth post received 17 lakh views. The aforesaid action of the RCB led the public gathering of immense proportion exceeding three lakh individuals.”

The state government also moved the Karnataka High Court against the CAT order revoking the suspension of three Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, including Vikash Kumar Vikash. Karnataka Advocate General Shashikiran Shetty argued that CAT had exceeded its scope by attributing the event to RCB instead of the IPS officers.

“….. the (CAT) tribunal comes to the conclusion that the applicant had no role to play and not only the applicant but none of the police officers had a role to play and it is because of the fault of RCB that incidents have taken place,” said Shetty.

The state’s appeal is set to be heard on Wednesday, after the counsel for the IPS officers stated that he would not precipitate the issue until then.