It is a very painful news. This news is now being released from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. A religious ceremony was going on here. It was very busy and crowded. There are reports that many people have died in the meantime.

Current reports suggest that 120 people have already died. Many people have been seriously injured. There are reports that the death toll may rise further. At the same time, the bodies of around 60 people have reached the hospital. In a report given to the media, the District Collector said that the injured are still being brought.

Most of the dead are women. Including many children. The tragedy happened to the followers who had come to listen to the sermon of a religious preacher in the village of Rati Banpur in the area of Sikandra Rao in Hathras district. North India is very hot now. In the meantime, the program was organized. Many people were suffering from suffocation due to the intense heat. Meanwhile, many people started running out. The preliminary police assessment is that this is the cause of the accident.

“The accident occurred during the meeting of religious preacher Bhole Baba. A provisional permission was granted to hold the program in the border area of Ita-Hathras districts on Tuesday afternoon” – this is what Aligarh Range IG Shalabham Mathur said while reacting to the incident. At the same time, there are reports that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed to form a special committee to investigate the incident.


