The video shows BT Lakshman – the father of 21-year-old Bhumik Lakshman, who died in the stampede – wailing at his son’s grave at their native village in Hassan district.

The blaze broke out a day after protests over plans to oust former speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa. 

​The blaze broke out a day after protests over plans to oust former speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa.  

Patel said that he had personally reached out to Indian officials and that joint operations between the FBI and Indian law enforcement were now underway. “I literally just got off the phone with the Indian government,” he said. “I said, I need your help. This stuff’s coming into your country and then they’re moving it from your country because India is not consuming fentanyl.”