Bharatpur : People of Bharatpur were also affected in the stampede that happened after Bhole Baba’s satsang in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. About 800 people from Bharatpur city had gone to attend the satsang. People who had gone from Bharatpur are searching for their companions in Hathras, Etah, Sikandrarao and Mathura. Three women from Bharatpur have been confirmed injured in this accident, the number of injured may increase. According to the information, the bus had come from Vijay Nagar Colony, Kumha, Deyopura village of Bharatpur. The rest of the people had reached Hathras in their small vehicles. As soon as the news of the accident was received, the family members started gathering information.
Vijendra, a resident of Kumbha who had gone to attend the satsang, said that there is a committee named Manav Mangal Milan Sadbhavana Samagam. Through it, we come to know where Bhole Baba’s satsang is. The time of the satsang was from 10 am to 2 am. People who were going to attend from Bharatpur left for Hathras at around 6 am. The satsang started at 10 am. Thousands of people were present in the satsang. When the satsang ended at 2 pm, we boarded our bus and left for Bharatpur. Before our bus could even leave Hathras, we came to know that an accident had taken place at the place where the satsang was taking place, in which many people died and many women and children were injured. We contacted the committee of Hathras, after which we reached Hathras in search of the rest of the people from Bharatpur. There we came to know that a woman Rani (40) from Malah village and her daughter Jyoti (16) had also come to the satsang. They are injured and are admitted in Etah hospital. Similarly, Golpura resident Premvati had also come by bus to listen to the satsang. She has also been reported to be injured.
27 bodies were kept in the hospital
Vijendra said- When we all reached Etah, we came to know that Rani had fainted. Rani’s family also reached Etah. They took her to Mathura. There are about 27 bodies kept in Etah hospital, the police there showed us all the bodies but we did not find any of them to be from Bharatpur. At present, information is being found about the rest of the people. Vijay Nagar councilor Moti Singh said- About 300 to 400 people had gone from our area to listen to the satsang. Usually thousands of people from Bharatpur go to listen to Bhole Baba’s satsang. People are constantly talking to people. There is no report of any loss of life so far. People start going to the satsang from 4 am. Let us tell you that there was a stampede during Bhole Baba’s satsang in Hathras, UP. 122 people died in this. More than 150 are injured. The condition of many people is critical. The death toll may increase. The accident took place in Fullerai village, 47 km from Hathras district.
