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Hathras crush Crowd exposed to toxic substance, says Bhole Baba’s counsel.

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Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Singh also contended a conspiracy, which he attributed to Bhole Baba' New Delhi Self-nominated godman Bhole Baba’s counsel AP Singh contended on Sunday that substantiations told him some people opened barrels containing a toxic substance in the crowd during the July 2 Hathras ‘ satsang ’, driving the rush.

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Singh also contended a conspiracy, which he attributed to Bhole Baba’s “ rising fashionability ”, behind the rush. The rush after the ‘ satsang ’ of tone-nominated godman Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras left 121 people, substantially women, dead.

“ substantiations have reached out to me and said there were 15- 16 people carrying barrels of a toxic substance that they opened in the crowd. I've seen posthumous reports of those killed and it showed that they failed of asphyxiation and not because of injuries, ” Singh claimed. professing a conspiracy behind the rush, he said, “ There were vehicles situated at the point to help the men escape.

We've evidence and we will submit it. This is the first time I'm speaking about it. ” Singh claimed the substantiations who reached out to him requested obscurity. “ We'll demand security for them. ”So far, nine people, including crucial indicted Devprakash Madhukar, have been arrested in connection with the rush.

On Saturday, Hathras police said it was also probing into the suspected backing of the congregation by a political party and advised of the “ strictest possible ” action against it. Madhukar was the main organizer and fundraiser of the ‘ satsang ’ where further than 2.5 lakh people had gathered, important beyond the permitted limit of 80,000, officers had said. The godman wasn't mentioned as an indicted in the FIR lodged at the original Sikandra Rao police station.

The judicial commission set up by the Uttar Pradesh government will speak to anyone needed for its inquiry, a inquiry panel member said when asked if Bhole Baba would also be questioned.

The commission will also issue a public notice soon, asking locals and substantiations to partake any substantiation related to the rush, along with their statements, another member and speaker of the panel, retired Allahabad High Court judge Brijesh Kumar Shrivastava, told journalists in Hathras.