30 logon ki maut, 60 ghayal Maha Kumbh bhidbhad me, UP ke top cop ka bayan.
Prayagraj: Subah hone se thodi der pehle, Uttar Pradesh ke Prayagraj me Maha Kumbh ke venue par ek bhidbhad (stampede) ho gaya, jisme 30 logon ki maut ho gayi. UP Police Chief, jo is massive religious gathering ki security sambhal rahe hain, ne aaj media ko ye jaankari di.
Police officer Vaibhav Krishna ne bataya ki 25 bodies ki pehchaan ho chuki hai aur 60 log ghayal hain. Kai logon ko hospital me bharti karaya gaya hai.
Yeh casualty report tab saamne aayi jab local media aur Prayagraj ke log social media par stampede se judi alag-alag reports post kar rahe the. Lekin un reports me dead count ko lekar consistency nahi thi.
Yeh pre-dawn stampede Sangam area me tab hua jab kai bhakton ne Mauni Amavasya ke shubh avsar par pavitra snan ke liye ek doosre ko dhakka dena shuru kar diya.
Police officer ke mutabik, stampede hone se pehle hi log barricades todne lage the.
Sarojini, jo Karnataka se Maha Kumbh snan karne aayi thi, ne PTI se kaha, “Hum 60 logon ke ek group me aaye the, do buses me. Hamari group me 9 log the. Achaanak bheed me zor-zor se dhakka-mukki hone lagi aur hum fans gaye. Kai log gir gaye aur bheed ko control karna mushkil ho gaya.”
Ek local hospital me ek mahila, jiska bachha is bhidbhad me ghayal ho gaya, ne PTI ko bataya, “Jab bheed dhakka de rahi thi, tab kahin bhaagne ki jagah nahi thi. Jo log dhakka de rahe the, unme se kuch log hans rahe the jab hum bacchon ke liye daya ki bheek maang rahe the.”
Maha Kumbh ke DIG Vaibhav Krishna ne kaha ki ab situation control me hai.
Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad ke president, Mahant Ravindra Puri, jo Triveni Sangam par amrit snan ke liye ja rahe the, ne bataya ki unke saath hazaron sant aur Naga sadhus bhi the. Unhone kaha, “Hum amrit snan ke liye ja rahe hain… Hum jaldi se ghats khaali kar denge taaki yaha aaye sabhi bhakton ko pavitra snan karne ka avsar mil sake.”
Panchayati Niranjani Akhara ke Digambar Naga Baba Chidanand Puri ne ANI se kaha ki ghatana ke baad Niranjani Akhara ke log ab chhoti-chhoti sankhya me snan ke liye aa rahe hain.
