New Delhi: Karnataka’s cabinet has decided to suspend police officers including the chief of the Bengaluru city police for their “negligence” and “irresponsibility” leading up to Wednesday’s stampede, and to take legal action against those who organised the victory celebration at the Chinnaswamy stadium, among them representatives of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).Chief minister Siddaramaiah, who made the announcement following a meeting of the cabinet a day after 11 people were killed and dozens of others injured in the stampede, also announced that a single-member commission comprising former Karnataka high court Justice Michael D’Cunha would probe the incident.Earlier in the day, the high court took suo motu cognisance of the incident and issued notice to the state government. It also directed it to file a status report providing information on, among other things, what steps were taken to regulate the crowd prior to the incident and whether it had formulated guidelines on managing large crowds at sports and celebratory events.Police in Bengaluru have also registered an FIR against organisers RCB, DNA Entertainment as well as the Karnataka State Cricket Association.Siddaramaiah said on Thursday (June 5) evening after the cabinet meeting that “instructions” have been issued for arresting representatives of the event’s organisers, adding that the investigation into the organisers’ role was entrusted to the crime investigation department.Among the five police officers suspended are the commissioner of the Bengaluru city police B. Dayananda and the additional police commissioner in charge of the stadium.“Preliminary observations indicate negligence and irresponsibility on the part of these officials and it has been decided to suspend them,” the chief minister said.He had also announced a magisterial inquiry into the incident headed by Bengaluru Urban deputy commissioner Jagadeesha G., which he said has been given 15 days to submit its report.PTI reported that Dayananda has been replaced by IPS officer Seemanth Kumar Singh.The stampede occurred outside the Chinnaswamy stadium on Wednesday afternoon amid a celebration of the RCB’s maiden Indian Premier League trophy a day earlier in Ahmedabad.Prior to the tragedy, the victorious team had arrived at the stadium from the state legislature nearby, where it was felicitated by Siddaramaiah and his deputy D.K. Shivakumar. At the time of the stampede it was reportedly present inside the stadium.While the number of people who turned up at the stadium was in the ballpark of ‘two to three lakh’, the authorities had expected about 35,000 – the stadium’s capacity – to come there, Siddaramaiah claimed on Wednesday.The FIR registered on the complaint of Girish A.K., an inspector at the Cubbon Park police station – who was also suspended on Thursday – invokes against the organisers provisions including culpable homicide, voluntarily causing hurt and endangering human lives due to recklessness or negligence, as per media reports.The complaint accused the RCB management of “unilaterally” announcing a victory parade at the stadium despite the police denying permission for it and said that the franchise’s announcement of free entry passes contributed to the size of the crowd that arrived there, reported The Hindu.It also pegged the number of injured persons at 56, nine higher than the figure Siddaramaiah announced a day earlier.The RCB on Thursday had issued a statement saying it “amended” its program and “followed the guidance and advice of the local administration” upon being made aware of what had happened.Meanwhile, a bench of the high court comprising acting Chief Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Justice C.M. Joshi asked the state to file a status report indicating who exactly decided to hold the victory celebration and when; what steps had been taken to regulate traffic and control the crowd; whether the size of the crowd had been assessed in advance; and what medical facilities were arranged for at the stadium.It also asked the state how long it took to take injured persons to the hospital and whether a standard operating procedure was formulated to manage crowds exceeding 50,000 persons “in any sport event and celebrations of this nature”.The Karnataka government announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased. The RCB has also announced a matching compensation to the deceased’s families.