Following the direction of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, the Uttar Pradesh government formed a three-member Judicial Inquiry Commission on Wednesday to probe the Hathras stampede incident.
The Commission formed a day after the incident, will be headed by a retired judge of Allahabad High Court, Justice Brijesh Kumar Srivastav.
Retired IAS officers Hemant Rao and Bhavesh Kumar have been made the two members of the Commission, according to the information provided by the state government.
The Commission has been tasked to complete the investigation within two months.
A whopping 121 people, most of them women, died on Tuesday as a
stampede
unfolded at the end of the religious event. Of those who have died, most of them have been identified by officials, with Aligarh Zone Inspector General of Police (IG) Shalabh Mathur telling PTI, “One hundred and sixteen people have died in the stampede incident in Hathras.” A compensation of Rs 2 lakh each has been announced for the families of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
A day after the stampede, the police filed an FIR against the organisers of the religious congregation. ‘Mukhya sevadar’ Devprakash Madhukar and other organisers have been named in the first information report (FIR) filed at the Sikandara Rao police station late Tuesday, a senior officer told PTI.
The FIR has been registered under
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 223 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by the public servant), 238 (causing disappearance of evidence), the officer said.
Moreover, the UP government has also launched two helpline numbers — 05722227041 and 05722227042 — after the Hathras stampede incident.
With inputs from agencies
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Hathras Stampede: UP govt forms 3-member judicial commission to probe incident
