PIL in Allahabad HC seeks CBI probe into stampede

A public interest litigation was filed in the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday demanding a CBI inquiry into the stampede.

The PIL filed by advocate Gaurav Dwivedi said the district officials are "fully responsible" for the negligence that led to the stampede.

The district officials have all the arrangements to deal with any untoward situation and the Uttar Pradesh government is spending a lot of money on the new technologies, Dwivedi said in his petition addressed to the chief justice and other judges.  

The petition has requested the high court to order a CBI inquiry into the incident to ensure a "fair probe" and demanded a direction to the state government to get the incident investigated by a special investigation team.

The petition also sought directions to the state government to suspend the Director General of Police, Divisional Commissioner of Hathras, District Magistrate of Hathras, Senior Superintendent of Police of Hathras, and SHO of Phulera police station in Hathras.