Maha Kumbh stampede: Bengal govt to ship crew to UP to gauge scenario

Earlier within the day, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee supplied her condolences to the bereaved households. In an X submit, she acknowledged that her experiences of organising the annual Gangasagar Mela in Bengal warrant “maximal planning and care” to deal with enormous assemblies such because the Kumbh.

In the meantime, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered a judicial inquiry to search out the explanations that led to the stampede on the Maha Kumbh. Adityanath additionally introduced an ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh every for the kin of the deceased.

The three-member inquiry panel can be headed by retired decide Harsh Kumar and likewise embody former DGP V.Okay. Gupta and retired IAS officer D.Okay. Singh.

The chief minister stated a separate police inquiry would even be performed into the entire concern.

“It is very important unravel the entire episode on how such a tragedy occurred,” a visibly emotional Adityanath stated, including that the chief secretary and DGP would go to the Maha Kumbh on Thursday for an in-depth probe into the tragic incident.