A case was registered against Bhole Baba aka Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari in connection on Saturday with the death of 121 people in the Hathras stampede on July 2. The case against him was filed before the court of Patna Chief Judicial Magistrate.
Earlier in the day, Bhole Baba said he was “deeply saddened” by the deadly incident.
“I am deeply saddened after the incident. May God give us the strength to bear this pain. Please keep faith in the government and the administration. I have faith that anyone who created the chaos would not be spared. Through my lawyer, AP Singh, I have requested the members of the committee to stand with the bereaved families and the injured and help them throughout their lives,” he said.
Meanwhile, Devprakash Madhukar, the main accused in the Hathras stampede case, was taken into custody after he surrendered in Delhi on Friday night. Madhukar was the ‘mukhya sevadar’ of the satsang where the stampede took place.
In a video message, Madhukar’s lawyer AP Singh said his client surrendered in Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment. “Today, we have surrendered Devprakash Madhukar, who has been called the main organiser in the FIR in the Hathras case, after calling the police, the SIT and the STF in Delhi since he was undergoing treatment here,” he said.
“We had promised we would not apply for anticipatory bail since we did no wrong. What is our crime? He is an engineer and a heart patient. Doctors said his condition is stable now and so we surrendered today to join the probe,” the lawyer said.
Singh further said Madhukar will join the probe and share information about the “anti-social elements” at the event.
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