A case has been filed against the ‘satsang organisers’ in Hathras, officials said. More than 100 people died in the stampede. Most of them were women.
According to the FIR, permission was granted for 80,000 people but more than 2.5 lakh devotees attended the event.
“Due to the uncontrollable crowd leaving the venue, devotees sitting on the ground were crushed. On the other side of the road, the crowd running in the water and mud-filled fields was forcibly stopped by the organizing committee with sticks, due to which the pressure of the crowd kept increasing and women, children, and men kept getting crushed,” the FIR said.
“The police and administrative officials present on the spot made every possible effort and sent the injured people to the hospital with the available resources. But no cooperation was given by the organizers,” the FIR added.
They have been charged under sections 105, 110, 126 (2), 223, and 238 of the new criminal code BNS.
Self-styled guru Narayan Saakar Hari has often claimed that he has worked with the Intelligence Bureau. He also told his devotees that he was inclined towards spirituality even when he was working and had resigned in the 1990s to pursue the spiritual path.
