Hyderabad, July 1 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday, July 1, annulled the Karnataka government's arbitrary suspension of Inspector General of Police (IGP) officer Vikash Kumar Vikash concerning the Bengaluru stampede that claimed 11 young lives.

A bench comprising Justice BK Shrivastava and Santhosh Mehra stated that the order was passed in a "mechanical way" and there was no "convincing material for showing the default or negligence of the concerned police officers" at the time.

"The police officers have been suspended without any sufficient material or grounds. Hence, the aforesaid order is liable to be quashed," the tribunal said.

"We also feel our duty to draw attention of the state government towards the sett...