Nearly two months after the Dussehra stampede left 33 dead, a Government enquiry has blamed “collective failure” of civic and police authorities for the tragedy and said rumours and attempts of molestation and eve teasing led to the the crush.
Principal Secretary, Home, Amir Subhani said administrative and disciplinary action will be taken against erring officials as recommended by the enquiry panel, which found “administrative lapses” and ruled out any terror angle.
“During our probe we found several deficiencies in the arrangements due to which the stampede could not be prevented. After paying attention to all aspects of the incident we found that the district administration, district police administration, Patna Municipal Corporation and the traffic police were responsible for it,” Subhani told a press meet here.
