Over 100 trampled to death in stampede at satsang in UP's Hathras |
The tragedy took place at a religious event organised by a self-styled preacher, Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba, in an overcrowded tent in a Hathras village. What sparked the stampede is not confirmed. Hathras is 200 km south of Delhi, near Agra in UP. |
HATHRAS (Uttar Pradesh), July 2: Over 100 people were killed in a stampede
during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district on Tuesday. Most
of those killed were women.
Hathras is 200 km to the south from Delhi, near Agra.
The tragedy took place while a religious preacher, Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba,
was addressing a satsang (gathering) of devotees in a huge tent in Rati Bhanpur
village in Sikandra Rau tehsil in Hathras district.
The day was too hot and humid causing suffocation felt by many in the crowded
tent forcing them to exit the congested place, it is explained.
Another report said the stampede occurred when people were leaving at the close
of the event. The people scrambling for the exit fell on top of each other and
the victims were crushed to death.
The police said the stampede occurred due to overcrowding.
Many injured have been hospitalised at Sikandara Rao Trauma Centre.
The satsang had police permission. It was organised by Sakar Vishwa Hari Bhole
Baba, formerly known as Saurabh Kumar, a self-styled guru. Earlier an employee
of the UP intelligence department, he quit the job to take up preaching as his
vocation.
'Sakar Vishwa Hari Baba’ or 'Bhole Baba', around 50, hailing from Aligarh, has several MPs and MLAs regularly attending his satsangs usually held on Tuesdays. He is accompanied by his wife.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each
to the victims' families and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.
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