[ad_1]
Bags and other belongings lying at the scene a day after a massive stampede that took during a ‘satsang’ (religious congregation) in Hathras on July 3, 2024.
| Photo Credit:
PTI
The death toll in the stampede at a religious congregation in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras has risen to 121, a senior official said on July 3. According to the Office of the Relief Commissioner, the number of people injured in July 2nd’s incident stands at 28. Of the total fatalities, 19 are yet to be identified, it said.
Also Read: Who is ‘Bhole Baba’, the preacher linked to Hathras stampede tragedy?
The Uttar Pradesh Police on July 3 registered an FIR against the organisers of the religious congregation. The followers of the Narayan Sakar Hari, the godman, had thrown the slippers and other belongings of victims in nearby fields with standing crops to hide evidence of a stampede, U.P. police said in the FIR.
Meanwhile, a senior doctor said that asphyxia due to compression was the leading cause of death among the victims. The hospital performed four times the usual number of autopsies in a day in the aftermath of the stampede, he said.
[ad_2]
Source link
