THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Lucknow, July 3: Uttar Pradesh Police has registered the first FIR in the Hathras Satsang stampede case in UP. In the FIR lodged at Sikandrarao police station, ‘Mukhya Sevadaar’ Devprakash Madhukar and other organizers of the religious gathering have been named.
A case has been registered under sections 105, 110, 126 (2), 223 and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. However, it is reported that Bhole Baba, who conducted the satsang, is not named in this FIR.
The Office of the Relief Commissioner reported on Wednesday that the number of those killed in the stampede has risen to 121 adding that out of the total fatalities, 19 remain unidentified.
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It further added that 28 individuals were injured in the incident.
According to the officials, the organizers had sought permission for 80,000 devotees to attend the satsang. Accordingly, the administration had made arrangements at the venue. But more than 2.5 lakh devotees had come to the satsang. The organizers hid the number of devotees from the police.
The FIR states that the Satsang was held by Suraj Pal, who is also referred to as Narayan Hari, Saakar Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba, or simply ‘Bhole Baba,’ near GT Road in the village of Phulrai Mugalgarhi in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.
