Judicial commission gives clean chit to Bhole Baba in Hathras stampede case

A judicial commission has cleared Bhole Baba in the 2024 Hathras stampede, attributing the blame to police negligence and event organisers.

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00:00Now, months after the stampede that took place at a Bole Baba satsang in Hathras in which

00:07121 people died, a clean sheet has been given to Bole Baba and the Samajwadi party has lashed

00:12out over this, questioning how a clean sheet has been given to the self-styled government.

00:17Remember, it was in July 2024 that 121 people had died during a satsang by Bole Baba and

00:25the investigation has now claimed that it was negligence on the part of the police.

00:29Therefore, a clean sheet being given to the self-styled government who, remember, fled

00:33from that spot, did nothing to help his devotees.

00:55Okay, let's bring in Samarth Srivastava for more details on this.

01:04Samarth, on what basis has Bole Baba been given a clean sheet?

01:08Because even when the incident had taken place and 121 people had died, we ourselves on India

01:14Today had highlighted in multiple reports the kind of lapses and negligence on the part

01:18of the self-styled government.

01:19Well, exactly.

01:20As we know, the Judicial Commission has submitted its report to the UP government, in which

01:26a clean sheet has been given to the Bole Baba and also the report says that the reason behind

01:32that particular stampede was the police negligence and also about it's due to the event organizers

01:38that led to the deaths of 121 devotees of Bole Baba.

01:43Though Bole Baba has been given the clean sheet, the report has been submitted to the

01:48UP government and was later presented at the cabinet that held yesterday and now the

01:52cabinet will be presenting this particular report to the assembly house, which is currently

01:58ongoing.

01:59So it's going to be worth seeing.

02:00Now the opposition parties like Samajwadi Party are taking on the UP government and

02:04saying that...

02:05Party asking questions of why this clean sheet has been given to a self-styled government

02:09who, remember, is extremely influential.

02:12Has that helped in ensuring that he gets away scot-free?

02:16There will be serious questions of what manner of an investigation really has been conducted.

02:20Thanks Samajwadi.