Hathras stampede: FIR registered against organisers of religious event, preacher not booked
The first information report names Devprakash Madhukar, who has been referred to as the ‘Mukhya Sevadar’, or chief servant, and other unidentified organisers.
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The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered a first information report against the organisers of a religious event in Hathras district where 116 persons were killed on Tuesday in a stampede, PTI reported.
The stampede took place during a satsang, or a religious gathering, held by a religious preacher named Narayan Saakar Hari, popularly known as Bhole Baba, at the Fulrai village in the Sikandrarau tehsil of Hathras.
However, Hari has not been named in the FIR. He is absconding, according to reports.
The FIR names Devprakash Madhukar, who has been referred to as the “Mukhya Sevadar”, or chief servant. Along with him, other unidentified organisers of the gathering have also been booked under Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita sections pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (105), attempt to commit culpable homicide (110), disobedience to order duly promulgated by the public servant (223) and causing disappearance of evidence (238).
When asked if the preacher would be arrested, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh had said on Tuesday night that “the ambit of the investigation is open”, reported PTI.
“Right now, everything is a matter of investigation,” said Singh. “We do not want to influence the investigation by drawing any immediate conclusion. Action will be taken based on the facts that come to light during the investigation.”
The FIR states that...
