Bengaluru, Jan. 20 -- Karnataka Government suspended K Ramchandra Rao, Director General of Police (DGP), Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement, with immediate effect, after his objectionable video went viral.

Rao, a 1993-batch Karnataka cadre IPS officer, has been suspended pending inquiry.

As per the statement, the suspension order, issued under Rule 3(1)(a) of the All India Service (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969, mandates that Rao will continue to receive subsistence allowance during the period of suspension.

He is barred from leaving the headquarters or performing any official duties without the State Government's written permission, the order stated.

The state government cited that the officer's conduct, as evident from the v...