Hathras stampede: Main accused sent to 14-day judicial custody
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Dev Prakash Madhukar, the prime accused in the Hathras stampede on July 2 that resulted in 121 deaths, has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody by the CJM court. He is the sole accused named in the FIR lodged at Sikandra Rao police station in Hathras. Madhukar surrendered in Delhi where he was undergoing medical treatment, according to his lawyer A P Singh.
By ET Online
Dev Prakash Madhukar, the main accused in the July 2 Hathras stampede that claimed 121 lives has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by the CJM court.
In a video message earlier, Madhukar's lawyer A P Singh claimed that his client had surrendered in Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment.
"Today, we have surrendered Devprakash Madhukar, who has been called the main organiser in the FIR in the Hathras case, after calling the police, the SIT and the STF in Delhi since he was undergoing treatment here," Singh said.
"We had promised we would not apply for anticipatory bail since we did no wrong. What is our crime? He is an engineer and a heart patient. Doctors said his condition is stable now and so we surrendered today to join the probe," the lawyer said.
Uttar Pradesh Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to Madhukar's arrest.
On July 3, the Supreme Court lawyer had claimed that he also represents Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba, the self-styled godman at whose 'satsang' the stampede occurred, and that some "anti-social elements" were behind the tragedy.
Surajpal was ready to cooperate with the state administration and police and had sought an investigation into the entire matter, Singh had said.
Till Thursday, six people, including two women volunteers, who were members of the organising committee of Bhole Baba's 'satsang', had been arrested in the case.
An FIR was lodged in the matter on July 2 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by the public servant) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence).
On July 3, the Uttar Pradesh government had formed a three-member judicial commission headed by a retired high court judge to probe the Hathras tragedy and to look into the possibility of a conspiracy behind the stampede.
(With agency inputs)
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Madhukar is the only accused named in the FIR lodged at Sikandra Rao police station in Hathras in connection with the incident.In a video message earlier, Madhukar's lawyer A P Singh claimed that his client had surrendered in Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment.
"Today, we have surrendered Devprakash Madhukar, who has been called the main organiser in the FIR in the Hathras case, after calling the police, the SIT and the STF in Delhi since he was undergoing treatment here," Singh said.
"We had promised we would not apply for anticipatory bail since we did no wrong. What is our crime? He is an engineer and a heart patient. Doctors said his condition is stable now and so we surrendered today to join the probe," the lawyer said.
Uttar Pradesh Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to Madhukar's arrest.
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On July 3, the Supreme Court lawyer had claimed that he also represents Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba, the self-styled godman at whose 'satsang' the stampede occurred, and that some "anti-social elements" were behind the tragedy.
Surajpal was ready to cooperate with the state administration and police and had sought an investigation into the entire matter, Singh had said.
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Till Thursday, six people, including two women volunteers, who were members of the organising committee of Bhole Baba's 'satsang', had been arrested in the case.
An FIR was lodged in the matter on July 2 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by the public servant) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence).
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On July 3, the Uttar Pradesh government had formed a three-member judicial commission headed by a retired high court judge to probe the Hathras tragedy and to look into the possibility of a conspiracy behind the stampede.
(With agency inputs)
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