Hathras stampede inquiry report tabled in assembly, judicial panel calls for strict laws against superstition

Hathras stampede inquiry report tabled in assembly, judicial panel calls for strict laws against superstition

The judicial commission probing the Hathras stampede that left 121 dead submitted its 1,670-page report to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday. The report, headed by retired Justice Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, with retired IAS officer Hemant Rao and retired IPS officer Bhavesh Kumar Singh, cites gross negligence, mismanagement, and encouragement of superstition during the event. Key findings of the inquiry report The judicial commission report…

Judicial panel faults organisers' mismanagement, negligence for Hathras stampede

One of the most damning findings of the report is that all security, crowd control, and traffic management responsibilities were entirely handed over to the event organisers and their sevadars, with local police and administration taking a passive role.