Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday suspended Additional District Magistrate and City Magistrate of Varanasi on charges of dereliction of duty over the stampede incident there, which claimed 25 lives.
Additional District Magistrate (ADM), City Vindhyavasini Raj and City Magistrate BB Singh posted in Varanasi have been suspended for dereliction of duty, an official spokesman said here.
Varanasi Superintendent of Police City Sudhakar Yadav, SP Traffic Kamal Kishore, Kotwali Circle Officer Rahul Mishra, Station Officer of Ramnagar police station, Anil Kumar Singh and In-charge of Mughalsarai police station in Chandauli district and Sub-inspector Vinod Yadav were suspended on Saturday.