UP Hathras Stampede Live Updates: An injured being taken to the hospital after a stampede broke out at a religious gathering, in Hathras district, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
(PTI Photo)Hathras Stampede Incident, Bhole Baba Satsang Live: At least 116 people were killed and several injured in a stampede during a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district today.
The state government said the number of devotees attending the ‘satsang’ were more than that permitted by the administration.
“The number of attendees exceeded the administration’s permitted limit at the venue, leading to a stampede during Bhole Baba’s satsang,”the government in a statement.
The incident took place in Phulrai village of Sikanda Rau tehsil on Tuesday, police officials confirmed.
UP Hathras Stampede Live Updates: An injured being taken to the hospital after a stampede broke out at a religious gathering, in Hathras district, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Hathras Stampede Incident, Bhole Baba Satsang Live: At least 116 people were killed and several injured in a stampede during a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district today. The state government said the number of devotees attending the ‘satsang’ were more than that permitted by the administration. “The number of attendees exceeded the administration’s permitted limit at the venue, leading to a stampede during Bhole Baba’s satsang,”the government in a statement.
What happened? The incident took place in Phulrai village of Sikanda Rau tehsil on Tuesday, police officials confirmed. Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, who reached the spot on the direction of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said that the people who had gathered had tried to touch the feet of the preacher Bhole Baba. “I am told that people rushed to touch his feet and tried to take soil (as he walked on the path)- as a Pratha (custom) – and a stampede took place and people fell in a nearby drain,” he said.
