The judicial commission has started investigating the stampede that took place on January 29 in Maha Kumbh. Apart from retired judge Harsh Kumar, the commission includes former DG VK Gupta and retired IAS DK Singh. The commission’s team, which arrived on Friday, held a meeting at the Circuit House. It was attended by Commissioner Prayagraj Zone Vijay Vishwas Pant, Mela Adhikari Vijay Kiran Anand, ADG Prayagraj Zone Bhanu Bhaskar, DIG Vaibhav Krishna as well as other police officers. Sources said that the officials associated with the fair could not even answer the commission’s questions properly. All the officers were busy praising their work. On this, the commission said that if everything was fine then how did the stampede happen? The commission asked these 4 questions 1- When you knew that such a large number of crowds were going to come, then what security arrangements were made? 2- Where else did this incident happen apart from Sangam area? 3- What is the reality of the videos that are going viral in the media? Has any incident happened in Jhunsi as well? 4- Show CCTV footage of all the incidents. Give details of the planning made for crowd control. More than 31 crore people have taken a dip in Sangam. Yogacharya Ravi Vyom Shankar Jha from Madhubani district created a world record by taking 1008 dips. Apart from this, Mahant Virendra Das Ji Maharaj was given the title of Mahamandleshwar. On the 19th day of Maha Kumbh, Friday, 1.73 crore people have taken a dip. Since January 13, this figure has crossed 31 crore. There was a stampede on Mauni Amavasya (January 29). There were 35 to 40 deaths in the accident. However, the government has confirmed 30 deaths. For updates related to Maha Kumbh, go through the blog below…
