Baba Narayan Hari, also known as Saakar Vishwa Hari ‘Bhole Baba’, was seen leaving Phulrai village with his convoy shortly after the tragic Hathras stampede, captured on CCTV. The stampede occurred as devotees, mainly women, were returning from a ‘satsang’ led by Baba Narayan Hari, resulting in 121 deaths. Police attributed the incident to overcrowding, with bodies seen outside a hospital.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore has written to Speaker Birla, requesting that provisions of direction 115(1) be invoked over the statements made by Modi and Thakur

The suspect, Abhishek Verma alias Aman, was injured in the leg during the encounter and has been admitted to a hospital under police custody.