The religious gathering saw 2.5 lakh devotees in attendance. New Delhi: Former constable-turned-self-styled godman Bhole Baba whose ‘satsang’ (religious gathering) ended in a deadly stampede will show up “very soon”, said his lawyer, insisting that he would also assist the probe teams in their investigation. Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari has not been seen … Read more
Hathras stampede death count has risen to 121. Hathras: Chotelal and his wife Manju Devi had gone to Hathras on Tuesday to attend ‘Bhole Baba’s’ satsang, just like they had been doing for the last 4-5 years. They also took their 6-year-old son hoping that he would learn something from the preachings. But the day … Read more
Bhole Baba has blamed “anti-social elements” behind the Hathras tragedy. Suraj Pal, the self-styled godman worshipped by a legion of followers as Bhole Baba and Narayan Hari Sakar, has accumulated assets worth Rs 100 crores in the past two decades. That wealth is in the spotlight amid an investigation into the stampede tragedy at Bhole … Read more
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on July 5 met victims of Hathras stampede which killed 121 people and injured 31 on July 2. The Congress leader first stopped at Pilakhna village in Aligarh to meet relatives of victims. Four persons from Pilakhni village had died in the stampede. This was the first visit … Read more
The lawyer spoke to reporters outside the ashram in Mainpuri where Bhole Baba is believed to be staying. Making a late-night appearance outside the ashram in Mainpuri where Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari is believed to be staying, the self-styled godman’s lawyer said he does not know where he is and does not need … Read more
The UP government has announced an aid of Rs 2 lakh to the family of the dead. Hathras (UP): The bodies of all victims of the Hathras stampede have been identified and handed over to their families, District Magistrate Ashish Kumar said on Thursday. A total of 121 people, mostly women, died and 31 were … Read more
Hathras Satsang Case: Six people have been arrested so far. Announcing their first arrests in the stampede at the Hathras religious event which killed 121 people, the Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday said they have taken six people into custody, but there was one notable omission – Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari, the self-styled … Read more
Six people, including some of the organisers, have been arrested in a satsang or prayer meeting that ended in a deadly stampede in Uttar Pradesh. A former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba’s prayer meeting in Hathras, some 200 km from Delhi, saw the deaths of 121 people, the vast majority women, after a rush to the … Read more
New Delhi: A son’s desperate search for his mother – one of many heartbreaking stories from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras after 123 people were killed in a stampede at a poorly-planned public meeting by ‘godman’ Bhole Baba, who preached divinity from a swank ‘ashram’ built on 13 acres of land worth Rs 4 crore. Meenesh Kumar’s plight … Read more
Agra: Two congregations of religious preacher Saakar Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba in this district have been cancelled after the stampede incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras that claimed 121 lives, officials said on Wednesday. One of the ‘Satsang Sabhas’ was supposed to be held from July 4 to 11 in Saiyan and the other from July … Read more
The ‘godman’ has blamed “anti-social elements” for the tragedy. Lucknow: A day after the stampede in Hathras in which 121 people were killed, most of them women, children and the elderly, more details are coming out about the self-styled godman, Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari, at the centre of the tragedy. Within hours of … Read more
Bhole Baba never meets anyone after 8 pm as part of the security protocol (File) New Delhi: Self-styled godman Suraj Pal, known as Bhole Baba, commands quite a following in Uttar Pradesh. A sprawling ashram built with crores in donations in UP’s Mainpuri is a testament to his hold and popularity among his devotees. Bhole … Read more