Hathras stampede: House of key accused locked, neighbours in ‘disbelief’ about role in organising satsang
For many residents of the New Colony in the Damadpura area of Sikandrarau in Hathras, Devprakash Madhukar, who has been named in the stampede FIR, was just a “normal engineer” until the police arrived at his house on Tuesday night.
He was the chief organiser or ‘mukhya sewadar’ of the satsang where preacher Narayan Sakar Vishwa Hari alias Bhole Baba addressed the gathering on Tuesday.
Madhukar has been named as the main accused along with other sewadars. At the main gate of his three-storey house, located in a Jatav-dominated area, a square-shaped picture of ‘Bhole Baba’ is installed at the top. The house remained locked on Wednesday. Neighbours said Madhukar’s family – his wife and two children – has left the village. The houses of his associates were also found locked in the area. Read more
