Azad Samaj Party MP from Nagina, Chandrashekhar Azad, on Monday called for a thorough investigation into the Hathras stampede incident and demanded strict action to prevent such incidents from happening again.
In wake of the rainfall warning issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre in Pune district on July 9, Collector Dr Suhas Diwase has announced that all schools up to class 12 will remain closed on Tuesday, July 9 to avoid any untoward incidents and emergencies affecting schools.
Following the tragic incident in the Worli area of Mumbai on Sunday, the husband of a deceased woman, Pradeep Nakhwa on Monday questioned the delay in arrest of the accused Mihir Shah, and said that he dragged his wife from Ceejay House to Sea Link Road.
The incident occurred in Teen Imli area under the jurisdiction Azad Nagar police station limits in the district on Monday morning. The person who died was identified as Ram Prasad Maurya (62), a resident of Pawanpuri colony, Nemawar road, Indore.
Mihir had gone to a pub in Juhu with his friends to party. Statements of Mihir's three friends who were present with him before the incident have also been taken.
The bus driver went absconding after the accident while the conductor who suffered injuries in the incident is under medical treatment at a government hospital in Pinjore.
The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m today. The accused fled the scene, leaving the officers injured. One police personnel succumbed to injuries and the other is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
According to eyewitness, Sudhir Pratap Singh from Mughalgarhi village, "The incident happened after 'Baba' announced that devotees should take soil from around his feet. The devotees rushed to collect the soil in a hurry but started falling over and piling up."
In a tragic incident where Jharkhand's BJP leader Ved Prakash Singh was shot, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to social media platform X, praying to God for the leader's speedy recovery, on Sunday.
Days after 121 people were killed due to a stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras, advocate AP Singh has claimed that the incident that took the lives of 121 people, mostly women and children occurred because unidentified men sprayed poison during the event.
Following an incident in the Worli area of Mumbai on Sunday, where a BMW car struck a bike, resulting in the death of a woman travelling with her husband, the police formed six teams to nab the main accused, Mihir Shah.