After this accident, autopsy of the our bodies is being accomplished in hospitals of various districts. Submit-mortem is occurring in Agra, Etah, Hathras and Aligarh. In response to the information company, the reason for dying of most people is being stated to be suffocation.
UP Police has filed an FIR in opposition to the organizers of the satsang. It’s alleged that permission was given for gathering of 80 thousand folks on this program, however 2.5 lakh folks had been gathered. Nevertheless, Bhole Baba's identify will not be talked about within the FIR.
The FIR alleges that the organisers hid the precise variety of devotees attending the satsang whereas in search of permission, didn’t assist in site visitors administration and hid proof after the stampede.
Nevertheless, this isn’t the primary time that such a stampede has occurred in a non secular occasion. Even earlier than this, dozens of deaths have occurred in stampedes in many non secular occasions. Two and a half years in the past in January 2022, a dozen folks had been killed in a stampede on the Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir.
How did the stampede occur?
A whole lot of individuals have died within the stampede that came about after Bhole Baba's satsang in Hathras. In response to the FIR, the stampede came about when Bhole Baba was leaving the place in his automobile at 2 pm. Wherever the automobile was passing, his followers began selecting up mud and grime from there. Very quickly, the uncontrolled crowd of lakhs began crushing the devotees sitting or bending down and there was screaming and shouting.
It’s stated within the FIR that on the opposite facet, the group working within the water and dust crammed within the fields about three toes deep was stopped by the organising committee and volunteers with sticks and batons, on account of which the group saved rising and ladies and kids saved getting crushed.
Within the case, an FIR has been registered in opposition to Baba's chief sevadar Devprakash Madhukar and different organizers at Sinkadarau police station. The FIR has costs below sections 105 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide), 110 (try and commit culpable murder not amounting to homicide), 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 223 (disobedience to authorities order), 238 (concealing proof) of the Indian Penal Code.
Lengthy historical past of stampedes in spiritual applications
India has a protracted historical past of stampedes in spiritual occasions. In January 2022 itself, dozens of individuals died in a stampede on the Vaishno Devi temple.
Earlier in July 2015, 27 folks died after a stampede on the banks of the Godavari river in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Individuals had gathered right here to have fun a competition referred to as Godavari Maha Pushkaram. It was believed that every one sins are washed away by bathing within the Godavari. As a result of this, a stampede occurred whereas bathing within the river and other people died.
In October 2013, greater than 100 folks died in a stampede throughout Navratri at Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh. Then a hearsay unfold that the bridge on which the devotees had been crossing was about to interrupt.
There have been three main stampede incidents in India between 2005 and 2008. In January 2005, greater than 340 devotees died in a stampede on the Mandhardevi temple in Satara district of Maharashtra. All this occurred when ladies and kids slipped on account of coconut water after which the group coming inside began crushing them.
In September 2008, greater than 250 devotees had been killed in a stampede on the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur metropolis of Rajasthan after a bomb blast hearsay. In August of the identical 12 months, greater than 160 folks had been killed in a stampede on the Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh after rumours of a rock slide.
Why do stampedes happen throughout spiritual occasions?
In 2013, the Worldwide Journal of Catastrophe Danger Discount performed a examine. On this, 34 stampede incidents that occurred between 1954 and 2012 had been analyzed.
This examine acknowledged that out of all of the individuals who died throughout stampedes in India, 79% had been on account of stampedes in spiritual applications. Whereas, 18% deaths had been on account of stampedes in different forms of gatherings and three% in political applications. The examine acknowledged {that a} minor accident, any deliberate act and even a small rumor may cause a stampede.
Why do stampedes happen throughout spiritual occasions? On this examine, it was instructed that many of the spiritual occasions happen in rural areas, hilly areas or close to river banks, which pose geographical dangers for the devotees. Steep slopes, slippery, muddy and slim roads are a giant hazard. These not solely compromise security, however in case of a stampede, the state of affairs turns into worse.
Not solely this, devotees hold coming to non secular occasions. Devotees come from late evening until early morning, on account of which the group retains rising.
Negligence solely in Hathras
A whole lot of negligence was noticed throughout Bhole Baba's satsang in Hathras. This negligence took 121 lives. It’s being stated that your complete floor was to be leveled and at the very least 10 acres of land was to be leveled, however this was not accomplished. Roads weren’t made across the floor. There was just one kutcha highway.
The largest negligence was that the organizers had taken permission from the police by saying that solely 80 thousand folks would come, however greater than 2.5 lakh folks reached right here. There was no barricading on the highway on which Baba's convoy handed and no entry-exit factors had been made.
