Bengaluru, June 7 -- Hemanth Nimbalkar removed as ADGP (Intelligence)

With the Congress-led State Government facing severe public outrage and criticism from the opposition parties over the stampede incident in front of Chinnaswamy Stadium, that caused 11 deaths and left several injured, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday sacked MLC K. Govindaraju as his Political Secretary.

According to sources, Govindaraju conceived the idea of a victory parade at Vidhana Soudha and also co-ordinated between the State Government, Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) despite Bengaluru Police denying permission for the event.

It is also said that many of the Ministers had raised issue during the Cabinet mee...