Varanasi stampede: Congregation organisers booked
A case was registered against five organisers of the religious congregation in Varanasi, during which a stampede took place, killing 25 people and injuring 60 others. It occurred when followers of the late spiritual leader Jai Gurudev were taking out a procession. While permission was sought for 3,000 people, over 2 lakh people came to the event, police said.