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
121 people, including women and children, died at the stampede in UP’s Hathras. New Delhi: The organisers of a ‘prayer meet’ – held by godman Bhole Baba in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, which ended in a stampede that killed over a hundred – “tried to cover up the incident”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said after visiting … Read more
Over two lakh people attended Bhole Baba’s ‘satsang’, or ‘prayer meet’. New Delhi: Tough questions are being asked after 121 people were killed during a stampede at a ‘religious’ event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras Tuesday evening, including which government body or official permitted such a large rally and why there were no crowd-control or safety … Read more