Hathras Stampede Case
The Supreme Court will hear today a petition seeking a five-member expert committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to probe the Hathras stampede.
121 people died in the Hathras stampede. According to the agenda of July 12 uploaded on the Supreme Court website, the petition will come up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra. The petition filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari also demands the Uttar Pradesh government to file a status report on the incident and initiate legal action against negligent officials. It has requested the Supreme Court to direct the states to issue guidelines to prevent stampedes or other incidents for the safety of the public in any religious or other event.
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The accident took place during Bhole Baba’s satsang on July 2
Let us tell you that the satsang of Sakar Vishvhari Baba alias Bhole Baba started on July 2 in Fullerai Mughalgarhi village of Hathras. Despite the permission of 80 thousand people in the satsang, more than 2.50 lakh people came. As soon as Baba announced the end of the satsang, his private army took over the entire arrangements at the venue. But neither Baba’s private army nor the policemen were enough to handle the crowd. According to the local people, the crowd was stopped when Baba’s convoy left. During this, the followers became uncontrolled in the desire to touch his feet. After CM Yogi Adityanath took charge of the incident, the UP police started taking swift action. The police arrested six accused, which included four men and two women associated with the satsang organizing committee.