Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district on July 2. According to officials, over 2.5 lakh devotees had gathered for the 'satsang' conducted by Baba Narayan Hari despite permission for only 80,000.

Narayan Saakar Hari, also known as 'Bhole Baba', the preacher during whose satsang the tragedy took place, is still at large

AGRA: Reasserting the conspiracy theory behind the gruesome deaths of 121 devotees in the stampede after the ‘Satsang’ of self-styled godman Suraj Pal aka Narain Sakar Hari or Bhole Baba on July 02, Bhole Baba’s counsel has said that a representation has been forwarded to the Hathras police,

Hathras: In a dramatic development, AP Singh, the lawyer representing Saakar Hari Baba, alias Bhole Baba has claimed that the deaths in the recent Hathras stampede were caused by poisonous gas released from cans,

Self-styled godman Bhole Baba's lawyer AP Singh alleged on Sunday that witnesses told him some people opened cans containing a poisonous substance in the crowd during the July 2 Hathras 'satsang', triggering the stampede.

AP Singh, preacher Bhole Baba's lawyer, claimed on Sunday that the Hathras stampede occurred because a group of 15-16 people sprayed poison during the religious event. The lawyer claimed the group of conspirators fled the venue after triggering the stampede.

Bhole Baba's lawyer AP Singh on Sunday alleged conspiracy in Hathras stampede saying that some people opened cans of "poisonous substance" in the crowd leading to the accident."Witnesses have reached out to me and said there were 15-16 people carrying cans of a poisonous substance that they opened in the crowd.

Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday informed about the arrest of the main organiser, Dev Prakash Madhukar, along with two other suspects, Ram Prakash Shakya and Sanju Yadav in the Hathras stampede case.