Hathras stampede: Sub-divisional magistrate among six officials suspended after SIT submits report
The report did not rule out the possibility of a conspiracy with regard to the incident that killed 121 persons on July 2.
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday suspended six officials, including a sub-divisional magistrate, in connection with the stampede in Hathras that killed 121 persons on July 2, The Indian Express reported.
Earlier in the day, a two-member Special Investigation Team, which was set up soon after the stampede, submitted its report to the state government. The report held the organisers, the local police and the administration responsible for the incident.
The six suspended officials are Sub-divisional Magistrate Ravindra Kumar, Circle Officer Anand Kumar, Station House Officer Ashish Kumar, Tehsildar Sushil Kumar, Kachora chowki in-charge Manveer Singh and Pora chowki in-charge Brijesh Pandey, The Indian Express reported.
The stampede occurred on July 2 at a gathering convened by religious preacher Narayan Saakar Hari, popularly known as Bhole Baba, at Fulrai village in Sikandrarau tehsil. A crowd of about 2.5 lakh persons from several districts and nearby states had gathered at the venue for the event.
Hari was not named in the first information report registered after the stampede.
The 855-page report submitted on Tuesday also did not mention Hari.
The Special Investigation Team, comprising Additional Director General of Police Anupam Kulshreshtha and Divisional Commissioner Chaitra V, has not ruled out the possibility of a conspiracy with regard to the incident, according to The Indian Express.
The suspended officials did not take the event seriously...
