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Hathras Stampede: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed “deep sorrow” over the Hathras stampede incident and announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakhs to the families of the deceased victims and Rs 50 thousand to the injured .
The chief minister has also ordered a thorough investigation into the incident and directed officials to form a team under the leadership of ADG, Agra and Commissioner, Aligarh to investigate the causes of the Hathras stampede accident.
Officials said Adityanath is monitoring the situation personally and has dispatched two of his ministers, the Chief Secretary, and the DGP to the site, adding that an FIR will be filed against the organizers of the event.
In a post on X, the Office of Uttar Pradesh Chief said that CM Adityanath has expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured.
“He has directed the district administration officials to immediately take the injured to the hospital for their proper treatment and to speed up the relief work at the spot. He has given instructions to investigate the causes of the incident under the leadership of ADG Agra and Commissioner Aligarh,” it said.
Earlier in the day, in a tragic incident, at least 107 people, mostly women, were killed in a massive stampede at a religious congregation in a village of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the police, a stampede was triggered at a ‘satsang’ in Pulrai village, in which 107 people, including dozens of women, lost their lives.
“Twenty-seven bodies have arrived in Etah hospital. Among those killed are 23 women, three children and a man,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Etah, Rajesh Kumar Singh told reporters earlier.
The senior officer said the stampede was apparently triggered due to overcrowding as a large number of people had gathered there to attend the ‘satsang’ event.
Visuals shared on social media showed tragic scenes of dozens of people, mostly women, lying motionless on the ground and some being loaded onto the back of pickup trucks and taken to hospitals.
हाथरस में भगदड़ के बाद जो तस्वीरें आ रही वह भयानक हैं।
स्थानीय रिपोर्टर 60 से ज्यादा मौत की बात कह रहे हैं। #Hathras pic.twitter.com/q3pYX7LRkm
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“District administration is investigating the matter. The injured are being taken to the hospital and people are still being recovered… A figure of nearly 50-60 deaths has been reported to me by the doctors… Permission for the event to be held was given by the SDM and it was a private event… A high-level committee has been formed to investigate the matter… The primary focus of the administration is to provide all possible help to the injured and kin of the deceased…,” Hathras District Magistrate (DM) Ashish Kumar told news agency ANI.
(With inputs from agencies)
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