Hathras religious gathering crowd incident 02/07/2024
India event organiser arrested after fatal crush
The chief organiser of a religious gathering in northern India where 121 people were killed in a crush has surrendered to police, his lawyer says.
The incident in Uttar Pradesh state last week is one of the deadliest such disasters in the country in more than a decade.
More than 120 killed in crush at India religious event
At least 121 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said.
The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state.
What caused the deadly stampede in Hathras, India?
At least 121 people, the vast majority of them women, have died in a crowd crush on Tuesday in India’s Hathras district, at a religious gathering for the Hindu guru, Bhole Baba.
Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to the deadly stampede at an Indian festival
HATHRAS, India (AP) — Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that killed at least 121 people in northern India, authorities said Wednesday, as the faithful surged toward the preacher and chaos ensued among the quarter of a million attendees.
Hathras stampede: nobody can avoid destiny and death is inevitable, says godman Bhole Baba
“Honee ko kaun taal sakta hai (nobody can avoid what has to happen),” said Bhole Baba, a fortnight after 121 people died in a stampede at a ‘satsang’ held by him in Hathras
Self-styled ‘godman’ Bhole Baba said on Wednesday that he is very disturbed by the Hathras stampede but nobody can avoid what is destined and everyone has to die one day.
"Haste to take soil from near godman's feet caused stampede": Hathras eyewitness
A week after 121 people lost their lives during a religious gathering in Hathras, an eyewitness to the incident has claimed that the attempt by a large number of devotees to collect “Baba’s Charan Dhul” [soil from the feet of the godman] led to the stampede.
Narayan Sakar Hari (Bhole Baba) | Policeman-turned-preacher
The self-styled godman, whose gathering in Hathras witnessed a stampede on July 2, that left 123 people dead, has built a network of ashrams across Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring States
Two Days After Killer Stampede Left 123 Dead, No Arrests And Few Answers
Two days after the killer stampede at a religious gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras left 123 people dead, police are yet to make any arrests. Self-styled godman Narayana Sakar Hari, who addressed the ‘satsang’, is still at an unknown location, but his lawyer has said he will cooperate in the probe.
UP Hathras Stampede: Policeman dies of heart attack after seeing piles of bodies
A devastating stampede at a satsang event in Fulrai village, Hathras, resulted in the deaths of over 110 devotees and left many others injured. Among the casualties, a policeman named Rajneesh suffered a heart attack after witnessing the scene at Etah District Hospital and died on the spot.
India deadly crush blamed on huge overcrowding as death toll passes 120
About 250,000 people had gathered at the Hindu religious congregation in northern India where 121 people died in a crowd crush, triple the capacity permitted by authorities, a police report has said.
India preacher denies blame for crush deaths
The preacher who led an overcrowded gathering in India where more than 120 people were crushed to death on Tuesday has denied blame, and pledged to co-operate with the police investigation.
