UP police arrests six persons in Hathras stampede case, main organiser on the run
The main organizer was alerted by other sevedars of a possible chaos due to overcrowding and poor parking facility
New Delhi, July 5
The UP Police arrested six persons in connection with the Hathras satsang stampede incident that claimed lives of 121 people.
It has now come to the fore that the main organiser of Hathras satsang had alerted the main sevadar and local police about the possible mismanagement a day prior to the tragedy.
The eyewitness, Pappy Yadav, was himself a member of the Manav Mangal Milan Sadbhavna Samagam Committee and was given responsibility to take care of road traffic management. He claimed that he alerted Dev Prakash Madhukar, the main organiser, and local police about the mismanagement due to no proper parking facility a day before the mishap.
Dev Prakash Madhukar, the 'mukhya sevadar', has been identified as the main accused in the FIR and a non-bailable warrant has been issued against him.
A reward of Rs 1 lakh has been announced for information leading to the arrest of Madhukar, police added.
