LIVE | Hathras stampede toll at 121; UP govt forms judicial commission to probe
Forensic team at stampede site
A forensic team investigates the scene a day after a massive stampede that occurred during a 'satsang' (religious congregation), in Sikandara Rao area in Hathras district. PTI
Why stampede happened
According to eyewitnesses at the satsang event, the stampede happened as the people gathered there rushed to collect 'raj' (dust) from the path on which Bhole Baba's vehicle was leaving the venue. The stampede happened at around 3:30 pm on Tuesday.
FIR to be filed against organisers of satsang
The Uttar Pradesh government said an FIR would be registered against the organisers of the programme.
The state government also said that Agra's additional director general of police and Aligarh divisional commissioner are part of a team that would probe into the incident. The team has been asked to give its report in 24 hours.
Speaking to media persons, District Magistrate Ashish Kumar said it was a private function for which the permission was granted by the sub-divisional magistrate. The local administration provided security outside the venue while the internal arrangement was to be looked after by the organisers, he added.
Bodies on ice blocks, kin wait for autopsy; others look for missing loved ones
Scores of bodies were lying on blocks of ice inside the government hospital in Hathras on Tuesday night in the aftermath of the deadly stampede at a religious congregation, as the wailing relatives of the victims waited outside in drizzle to take mortal remains back home.
Officials have put the death toll at 116 - 108 of them women and seven children.