The UP government on Monday ordered a judicial probe into the Varanasi stampede after sharp criticism from Opposition parties which blamed the State machinery for the incident.Twenty-five persons, including 20 women, died and scores were injured after a stampede broke out on a crowded bridge on the outskirts of Varanasi on Saturday
The stampede took place on the famous Rajghat bridge between Varanasi and Chaudauli when a large number of followers of the Jai Gurudev cult, were on their way to a two-day camp at Domri village along the banks of the Ganga. Though the organisers were granted permission for around 3,000 people, the crowd way surpassed that figure, exposing the arrangements made by the district administrate. Rumours that the bridge ahead had collapsed compounded the confusion.
