The organisers of the event had taken permission for a gathering of only 80,000 people, an initial police report said
Police and people at the scene a day after the massive stampede that took place during a ‘satsang’ (religious congregation), in Sikandara Rao area in Hathras district on July 3. (Photo: PTI)
Uttar Pradesh police said on Thursday they had arrested six people in connection with the stampede at a Hindu religious event in Hathras this week in which 121 people were killed.
The stampede happened on Tuesday in Phulrai Mughal Garhi village of Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, where about 250,000 people had gathered to listen to preacher Suraj Pal Singh, also known as ‘Bhole Baba’.
Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The organisers of the event had taken permission for a gathering of only 80,000 people, an initial police report said.
