{"id":23364,"date":"2013-02-10T22:16:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T04:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=23364"},"modified":"2013-02-10T22:16:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T04:16:53","slug":"why-was-the-crowd-in-allahabad-lathi-charged-leading-to-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/02\/why-was-the-crowd-in-allahabad-lathi-charged-leading-to-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was the crowd in Allahabad Lathi Charged leading to Stampede?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In an unfortunate turn of events 20 (possibly more) people have died in a stampede in Allahabad.\u00a0 These pilgrims were there for the Maha Kumbh.<\/p>\n

Now, I have been looking at many news outlets and except for one, no one is reporting why the railing collapsed?\u00a0 It is being made out as if the crowd made it happen.\u00a0 Well, FirstPost<\/a> says it clearly that a \u201ccane-charge\u201d happened on the crowd in the railway station before the railing gave way.<\/p>\n

District officials said that a\u00a0cane charge-prompted stampede preceded the incident at 7.15 p.m. on platform number 6 of the railway station in the city which hosted over three crore devotees at the Kumbh Mela during the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zee News also reports<\/a> that the people were \u201cLathi Charged\u201d, although the Divisional Railway official denies \u2013 obviously so.<\/p>\n

Several eyewitnesses said there was a lathicharge by the police that compounded the panic but Divisional Railway Manager Harinder Rao claimed passengers were not baton charged and that police only attempted to regulate the movement of the crowd at the platforms by asking passengers to stand in line.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So an all important question \u2013 Which IDIOT gave the orders or TOOK THE DECISION to cane charge a crowd which was close t0 200,000 on a railway station??\u00a0 If there is a sure way to cause panic \u2013 then cane-charge is probably the Best way to do that?<\/p>\n

Let us first understand why the cane charge ever happened on unsuspecting pilgrims?\u00a0 There is really no justification.<\/p>\n

Second, why is media blanking it out, if that is what led to the panic situation? Don\u2019t see it in Hindustan Times or Times of India\u2019s internet editions.<\/p>\n

This needs serious investigation on why this was done.\u00a0 It is as devastating as someone blowing a bomb in the crowd and killing people.\u00a0 So it could have several ramifications.<\/p>\n

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