India, June 6 -- Renowned historian and cricket author Ramachandra Guha has strongly criticised the Karnataka government for suspending senior IPS officers in the aftermath of the tragic stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium, which claimed 11 lives during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL victory celebrations on June 4.

In a pointed post on X, Guha held both political leaders and cricket administrators accountable for the tragedy, accusing them of chasing "reflected glory" while pushing the blame onto police officers.

"Karnataka's ruling politicians and cricket administrators are jointly responsible for Wednesday's tragedy. Their greedy lust for reflected glory led to it. To make an outstanding officer a scapegoat is reprehensible," Guha wr...