Bengaluru, June 7 -- The Karnataka government on Friday removed chief minister Siddaramaiah's political secretary K Govindaraj and suspended a senior state intelligence officer amid a swirling political crisis over the mayhem during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) title celebrations, with opposition parties reiterating that the CM and his deputy DK Shivakumar take responsibility for the 11 deaths and step down.

"The appointment of K Govindaraj as Political Secretary to the Chief Minister is hereby revoked with immediate effect," said a government notification issued on Friday, after a letter the member of legislative council (MLC) purportedly wrote about Wednesday's celebrations went viral.

Although the government did not reveal the...