"His PA Called 20 Times": When Bengaluru Ex Top Cop Disobeyed Siddaramaiah | Read

Bhaskar Rao, who served as the police commissioner of Bengaluru from 2019 to 2020, has condemned the suspension of police officers over the deadly June 4 stampede that killed 11 people in the IT capital. He said that if one had to go against the order of the Chief Minister to maintain public order, they should do that.

"I once had to disobey the Chief Minister," Mr Rao told NDTV, recalling an incident when he refused to obey Siddaramaiah's orders. He said he stood his ground even after the personal assistant of Siddaramaiah called him "20 to 22 times". He was the Inspector-General (IG) of Police in Belagavi back then.