Uproar in Hathras: Such a big event, lakhs of people, does the police administration have no responsibility?

New Delhi: Tuesday was inauspicious for hundreds of people in Sikandrarao, Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Actually, Bhole Baba’s satsang was going on in Fullerai village of Sikandrarao town in which lakhs of people had come. People who had come to listen to the satsang in the scorching heat had not even imagined that this would be the last satsang for some of them. 121 people died in this accident in Hathras, UP, while dozens of people are fighting a battle between life and death, but the baba who used to give the satsang is still absconding. The police is still searching for Bhole Baba but no trace of Baba is being found.

More people than permitted came to the satsang

Many questions are being raised on the stampede at Bhole Baba’s satsang in Hathras. According to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, permission was given for about 80,000 people to attend this satsang but more than two lakh people attended the satsang that day. In such a situation, when the permission was for only 80 thousand people, how did 2 lakh people reach this satsang? If they did, then how did the police administration give permission to start the religious program without security arrangements? Did the administration check the arrangements at the satsang venue to see if it was suitable for two lakh people or not?

Entry-exit point was not even made

Two lakh people had reached this satsang of Bhole Baba but the organizers of the satsang did not have any facilities for even 80 thousand people. There were no entry or exit points at the place where Baba’s satsang was taking place. People were coming from anywhere. If an entry and exit point had been made there, then perhaps this stampede accident could have been prevented. Along with this, there is an emergency exit everywhere, but that too was not there at this satsang place. If that had been made, then perhaps people would not have lost their lives.

Just a rough path made for commuting

This satsang of Bhole Baba was held on at least 10 acres of land. Despite such a large space, only one path was made for the movement of people, which was also unpaved. Whereas according to the guidelines, if there is a big program in which thousands of people participate, many paths are made for movement. However, negligence was shown here as well. The ground in which this satsang was being held had pits at many places which were not filled. According to many media reports, during the stampede, the feet of many people got stuck in these pits. Due to which those people fell and the people behind them moved forward trampling them.

Policemen were less deployed

Eyewitnesses of the incident say that there was no arrangement according to the crowd in the satsang. There were very few fans and coolers. Along with this, the number of policemen deployed by the administration was also less. There was no barricading on the route of Baba’s arrival and departure.

The organizers fled

When there was a stampede after the satsang, the organizers of the program disappeared from there. People did not get any help from them in the time of trouble. Due to which this accident became so big.

This incident in Hathras happened due to the negligence of the organizers as well as the administration. If the administration had checked the security arrangements in time when the number of people increased in the satsang, then perhaps those 121 people would have been living happily with their families. At the same time, the organizers of this program should have also thought once that the people who are coming to their satsang are the devotees of Bhole Baba, that is, their own. In such a situation, considering them as their own, if all the security arrangements like leveling the place of satsang, making many paths for coming and going and arranging medical facilities had been made, then this incident would not have happened.