<p>Netizens have expressed outrage over the suspension of B Dayananda, former Bengaluru Police Commissioner, after the stampede that occurred outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the city on Wednesday.<br><br>Reactions poured in well into Friday morning. Many criticised the government’s decision to suspend an “honest”, “one of the finest” top cops, calling it wrong and unfair. Some netizens wondered if the cops were scapegoated and being made to take the fall for the government's inefficiency in planning. Some even called on the police force to protest against this decision and the suspension of other cops in the aftermath of the stampede.<br><br>“Siddaramaiah’s new rulebook: suspend the honest, shield the guilty! We stand in complete solidarity with you, B Dayananda Gowda sir,” wrote one account @AlbertRashmi on X, while another wrote, “A dangerous precedent set & a chilling message sent to every effective officer in Karnataka: stand for law & order, and face suspension (sic)”.</p>.Chinnaswamy stampede: Four, including RCB marketing manager, arrested.<p><br><br>Another social media user Nadeem Pasha called this decision unacceptable. “An upright, citizen-centric, and visionary officer is being made a scapegoat. This…exposes how politicians sacrifice honest officers to shield their own cowardice,” he wrote.<br><br>“For a week, the police should go on strike. Show the people of the state that they deserve to be respected. A final test to see if citizens are willing to say “enough is enough” & come out on the streets to demand that politicians stay in limits & do what they were elected for (sic),” wrote Tushar Chandra, a social activist.<br><br>Another user Sourabh Mathur questioned the political leadership on X. “Suspending the top cop is convenient but what about the political leadership that approved and oversaw the event? Crowd mismanagement at this scale doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Accountability must start at the top,” he wrote.</p>.<p><br><br>Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao also posted scathing remarks, claiming the Chief Minister has gone into panic mode. “The suspension of Bengaluru City Police Commissioner is the darkest day in the history of Karnataka police. The prize for telling the truth. He and his team slogged the whole night to keep Bengaluru safe. Everyone in Karnataka knows that it is the uncontrollable Deputy Chief Minister who orchestrated the death march is the main culprit. No Chief Minister has become as helpless, cowardly, nervous and panicky. The Government has blood on its hands and now has lost its mind too. The Government is now in disaster,” he wrote.</p>
<p>Netizens have expressed outrage over the suspension of B Dayananda, former Bengaluru Police Commissioner, after the stampede that occurred outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the city on Wednesday.<br><br>Reactions poured in well into Friday morning. Many criticised the government’s decision to suspend an “honest”, “one of the finest” top cops, calling it wrong and unfair. Some netizens wondered if the cops were scapegoated and being made to take the fall for the government's inefficiency in planning. Some even called on the police force to protest against this decision and the suspension of other cops in the aftermath of the stampede.<br><br>“Siddaramaiah’s new rulebook: suspend the honest, shield the guilty! We stand in complete solidarity with you, B Dayananda Gowda sir,” wrote one account @AlbertRashmi on X, while another wrote, “A dangerous precedent set & a chilling message sent to every effective officer in Karnataka: stand for law & order, and face suspension (sic)”.</p>.Chinnaswamy stampede: Four, including RCB marketing manager, arrested.<p><br><br>Another social media user Nadeem Pasha called this decision unacceptable. “An upright, citizen-centric, and visionary officer is being made a scapegoat. This…exposes how politicians sacrifice honest officers to shield their own cowardice,” he wrote.<br><br>“For a week, the police should go on strike. Show the people of the state that they deserve to be respected. A final test to see if citizens are willing to say “enough is enough” & come out on the streets to demand that politicians stay in limits & do what they were elected for (sic),” wrote Tushar Chandra, a social activist.<br><br>Another user Sourabh Mathur questioned the political leadership on X. “Suspending the top cop is convenient but what about the political leadership that approved and oversaw the event? Crowd mismanagement at this scale doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Accountability must start at the top,” he wrote.</p>.<p><br><br>Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao also posted scathing remarks, claiming the Chief Minister has gone into panic mode. “The suspension of Bengaluru City Police Commissioner is the darkest day in the history of Karnataka police. The prize for telling the truth. He and his team slogged the whole night to keep Bengaluru safe. Everyone in Karnataka knows that it is the uncontrollable Deputy Chief Minister who orchestrated the death march is the main culprit. No Chief Minister has become as helpless, cowardly, nervous and panicky. The Government has blood on its hands and now has lost its mind too. The Government is now in disaster,” he wrote.</p>
