Bengaluru/IBNS, June 5 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Wednesday's stampede in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives, has said that his government has suspended top police officers involved.

The police commissioner and his deputy have been suspended, and the next step will be against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the Karnataka State Cricket Association, and their publicist, DNA Entertainment, Siddaramaiah told the media this evening.

Seemanth Kumar Singh will now replace city police chief B Dayananda.

The police officers suspended have been accused of "substantial dereliction of duty".

They did not provide proper facilities or manage the crowd entry, even afte...