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CNN . . Eyewitnesses have recounted scenes of chaos and confusion after a religious festival in northern India ended in tragedy when scores of people were killed in a crowd crush.. ..
Police said they were investigating the organizers, saying a quarter of a million people arrived at the venue more than three times the number expected and just a few dozen police officers had been deployed.. ..
But by the time my brother reached the hospital, my daughter was dead.. . Describing the chaos at the gathering, a survivor named Rekha told Reuters the crush occurred after the preaching had ended, saying: Anyone who fell did not get up, was trampled by the crowd and died.. . Chedilal, a 65-year-old man whose 30-year-old daughter was killed in the crush, said: We were together..
Police have accused the events organizers of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, wrongfully restraining a person, causing disappearance of evidence or providing false information, the report said.. . CNN has attempted to contact the organizers for a response.. . Uttar Pradesh has launched a special investigative team to probe the deadly crush, the states chief minister announced on Wednesday.. ..
In a statement he shared via his lawyer, Bhole Baba offered condolences to the families of those killed as he blamed the fatal crush on anti-social elements.. . Questions have been raised over gaps in the safety protocols in place at Tuesdays event, prompting authorities to launch a high-level investigation and lawyers to file a public interest litigation in Allahabad High Court, demanding an inquiry into the deaths.. . Crowd crushes at religious gatherings in India, the worlds most populous country of 1.4 billion, are not uncommon owing to the lack of strict crowd control measures.. ..
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