Rahul Gandhi meets families of Hathras stampede victims | Latest News India

Rahul Gandhi, the Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, met with the households of these killed within the Hathras stampede earlier this week.

121 individuals – principally girls – died within the stampede. The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested six members of the panel that organised the non secular occasion in honour of preacher Bhole Baba.

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1. On Friday morning, Rahul Gandhi went to the Navipur Khurd and Pilakhna villages in Aligarh. He met the households of Shanti Devi and Manju Devi, who died within the stampede. They later informed the media that Rahul Gandhi assured them of monetary assist. He later reached Hathras.
2. Surajpal, also referred to as Narayan Sakar Hari and Bhole Baba, shouldn’t be named within the FIR registered by the UP police. Nonetheless, the police plan to query him if required. On Thursday, the police searched his Mainpuri ashram however could not discover him.
3. Inspector Common of Police (Aligarh Vary) Shalabh Mathur mentioned on Thursday that each one six persons are volunteers. The principle accused, Devprakash Madhukar, is absconding. The police will announce a reward of ₹1 lakh on him. “A non-bailable warrant (NBW) may also be issued in opposition to key accused Devprakash Madhukar,” Mathur added.
4. These arrested have been recognized as Ram Ladaite (50), Upendra Singh Yadav (62), Megh Singh (61), Mukesh Kumar (38), Manju Yadav (30) and Manju Devi (40). Ram Ladaite is a local of Mainpuri, Upendra Singh Yadav is from Firozabad, and the remainder are residents of Hathras. “The organisers and members gathered crowd and picked up donations within the ‘Satsang’ committee for cooperation,” the officer added.
5. In line with the preliminary report by the Hathras administration, the stampede occurred after Bhole Baba left the occasion venue as his devotees rushed to gather the dust round his ft. The administration has alleged that 2.5 lakh individuals congregated on the venue in opposition to the permitted restrict of 80,000.
6. The FIR was lodged on July 2 underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 105 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide), 110 (try and commit culpable murder), 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by the general public servant) and 238 (inflicting disappearance of proof).
7. The Uttar Pradesh authorities has arrange a probe panel underneath a retired Allahabad Excessive Court docket choose. The Congress, nevertheless, has demanded a judicial investigation underneath a retired choose.
8. In the meantime, Suraj Pal, or Bhole Baba, owns a minimum of 24 ashrams, a number of luxurious automobiles and property price a minimum of ₹100 crore, mentioned an HT report, citing individuals accustomed to the matter.
9. Bhole Baba is thought to reach at non secular occasions in a convoy of 15-30 automobiles. Sevadars deal with all points of safety on the occasions. He strikes in a Toyota Fortuner.
10. Bhole Baba lives in his Mainpuri Ashram, which is constructed on 21 bighas of land and named Hari Nagar. Inside this expansive property, six rooms are completely reserved for him and his spouse.

With inputs from PTI