UP Hathras Stampede Live Updates: Death Toll Rises to 121

Hathras Stampede Incident, Bhole Baba Satsang: After meeting those injured in the Hathras stampede incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said a judicial inquiry headed by a retired High Court judge will be initiated and promised to punish those who are responsible for the lapse. As many as 121 people were killed in the incident and an FIR under sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita has been registered against the organizers, including main volunteer Devprakash Madhukar and other unidentified people.

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Hathras Stampede Incident

What happened? On Wednesday, the death toll rose from 116 to 121. As many as 116 people were killed, and several others injured, in a stampede that happened during a satsang hosted by a local preacher Narayan Sakar Vishwa Hari aka Bhole Baba on Tuesday. A preliminary probe indicated several factors that led to the incident – thousands more than expected turned up at the event, many falling on the uneven surface while trying to collect soil the preacher had walked on before he left the venue; and healthcare facilities struggling to keep pace with the rush of dead and injured.

Who is ‘Bhole Baba’, the preacher? Bhole Baba is a self-styled preacher and before he adopted the name and role, he was Suraj Pal Singh, a constable with Uttar Pradesh police. Sources said Singh, 58, hails from a Dalit family in Bahadur Nagar village of Kasganj district, about 65 km from Hathras where the stampede occurred.

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Plea in SC seeks appointment of expert panel to probe

While condolences pour in for those killed in the Hathras stampede incident, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday urging for the appointment of a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired apex court judge to investigate the Hathras stampede incident which claimed 121 lives.

The plea also sought a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a status report on the July 2 incident and to initiate legal action against officials and others for their negligent conduct.

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The petition, filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari also urged for directions to all state governments to furnish status reports of medical facilities available from the block/Tehsil to the district level to deal with incidents of stampede.

Death toll rises to 121

The death toll in the UP Hathras stampede incident rose to 121 on Wednesday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is expected to visit Hathras on Wednesday, has constituted a team comprising ADG Agra and Aligarh Commissioner to inquire into the cause of the incident and submit the report within 24 hours.

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Here’s what the FIR states

As per the FIR, the organizer had sought permission for the gathering of about 80,000 devotees in the program, without revealing that lakhs of devotees had gathered for previous programs held by the said organization. But a crowd of about 2.50 lakh people from different districts and nearby states gathered for Tuesday’s event. Traffic on GT Road was blocked due to non-compliance with permission conditions

‘Senior officials of Centre in constant touch with UP govt,’ says PM Modi

While expressing condolences on the deaths of devotees during the stampede in Hathras district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the senior officials of the Centre were in constant touch with their counterparts in the Uttar Pradesh government. “I have just received a sad news. Reports are coming in of several people losing their lives in the stampede in UP’s Hathras. I express my condolences to those who have lost their lives; I pray for the speedy recovery of those injured in the incident,” news agency PTI quoted the Prime Minister as saying.

VIDEO | "I have just received a sad news: reports are coming in of several people losing their lives in the stampede in UP's Hathras. I express my condolences to those who have lost their lives; I pray for speedy recovery of those injured in the incident. The state administration… pic.twitter.com/fvzuH1i8P2

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 2, 2024

Visuals of the ‘Satsang’ before the tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 50 people

Visuals of the 'satsang' in UP's #Hathras before the stampede which claimed the lives of at least fifty people. pic.twitter.com/0sBz4f1ws2

— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) July 2, 2024

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