Hathras (UP), Uttar Pradesh government agencies have launched intensive searches across the state and neighboring Rajasthan and Haryana to trace the key accused of the Hathras stampede, Devprakash Madhukar, official sources said on Friday.
A senior government official said agencies, including the police, are also looking for preacher Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba for questioning in the case.
A total of 121 people, mostly women, died in the stampede after the preacher's satsang in Fulrai village of Hathras on July 2 in one of the worst tragedies in recent years.
While Madhukar, the 'mukhya sevadar' (main organizer of the satsang), is the only accused named in the FIR, Surajpal was not named as an accused.
Apart from Madhukar, "several unidentified organisers" were also booked in the case, lodged at Sikandra Rao police station and six suspects have been arrested so far.
"No one has been given a clean chit. The investigation is on and government agencies are looking for the main accused who is absconding. The agencies are also looking for the preacher for questioning," the official said.
"The teams have visited parts of western Uttar Pradesh and the easternmost districts of the state as part of the search operation. They are also searching in states like Rajasthan and Haryana," the official added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also been informed of an SIT report on the stampede.
Additional Director General of Police (Agra Zone) Anupam Kulshrestha, who was among the senior officers who visited Hathras to supervise rescue and relief measures after the stampede in Hathras on July 2, submitted a report to the government.
The confidential report contains statements by Hathras district magistrate Ashish Kumar, superintendent of police Nipun Aggarwal and senior officials of the health department who dealt with the emergency situation that arose due to the stampede, according to the official.
An FIR was lodged in the matter on July 2 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 an order duly promulgated by the public servant), 238 (causing disappearance of evidence).
The UP government on Wednesday formed a three-member judicial commission headed by a retired high court judge to probe the Hathras tragedy and also to probe the possibility of a "conspiracy" behind the stampede.
A senior government official said agencies, including the police, are also looking for preacher Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba for questioning in the case.
A total of 121 people, mostly women, died in the stampede after the preacher's satsang in Fulrai village of Hathras on July 2 in one of the worst tragedies in recent years.
While Madhukar, the 'mukhya sevadar' (main organizer of the satsang), is the only accused named in the FIR, Surajpal was not named as an accused.
Apart from Madhukar, "several unidentified organisers" were also booked in the case, lodged at Sikandra Rao police station and six suspects have been arrested so far.
"No one has been given a clean chit. The investigation is on and government agencies are looking for the main accused who is absconding. The agencies are also looking for the preacher for questioning," the official said.
"The teams have visited parts of western Uttar Pradesh and the easternmost districts of the state as part of the search operation. They are also searching in states like Rajasthan and Haryana," the official added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also been informed of an SIT report on the stampede.
Additional Director General of Police (Agra Zone) Anupam Kulshrestha, who was among the senior officers who visited Hathras to supervise rescue and relief measures after the stampede in Hathras on July 2, submitted a report to the government.
The confidential report contains statements by Hathras district magistrate Ashish Kumar, superintendent of police Nipun Aggarwal and senior officials of the health department who dealt with the emergency situation that arose due to the stampede, according to the official.
An FIR was lodged in the matter on July 2 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 an order duly promulgated by the public servant), 238 (causing disappearance of evidence).
The UP government on Wednesday formed a three-member judicial commission headed by a retired high court judge to probe the Hathras tragedy and also to probe the possibility of a "conspiracy" behind the stampede.
