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Hans India
3 days ago
- Health
- Hans India
Death toll in Kubereshwar Dham rises to 7; MP human rights panel seeks probe
Bhopal: The death toll in religious incidents at Kubereshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district earlier this week touched seven after two persons succumbed on Thursday, officials said. Sehore district public relations officer Devendra Ogare told the PTI Anil (40), a resident of Khera Kala in Delhi, and Upendra Gupta (22), from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, who had come to take part in the ongoing rudraksha distribution and Kanwar Yatra, died during the day. Doctors have said the two died of heart attack, Ogare added. On Wednesday, the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) acting chairperson Rajiv Tandon asked the Sehore collector and SP to conduct a probe and submit a report within 15 days, detailing crowd management measures, medical treatment provided to the injured and financial aid given to families of the deceased. A "stampede" took place on Tuesday during 'rudraksha' distribution in Chitawaliya Hema village at Kubereshwar Dham, associated with schoolteacher-turned-preacher Pradeep Mishra (48), as per officials. It led to the death of Jaswanti Ben (56) of Rajkot in Gujarat and Sangeeta Gupta (48) of Uttar Pradesh' Firozabad. On Wednesday, three more devotees died during a kanwar yatra led by Mishra, officials said. They were identified as Dilip Singh (57) of Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Chatur Singh (50) of Gujarat and Ishwar Singh (65) of Rohtak in Haryana. The three men died due to health-related issues reasons, Sehore Superintendent of Police Deepak Shukla said.
Time of India
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Beard cut by cops: HC orders human rights body to decide on case
Bhopal: The MP High Court directed the State Human Rights Commission to make a decision on the application of a Muslim woman whose husband was paraded by Bhopal police after they shaved off his moustache and beard. She gave an application to the MP Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) for action against the police personnel concerned, but when there was none, she moved the high court. Shamim Bano, wife of alleged criminal Zuber Maulana, in her petition, said that her husband was arrested by crime branch Bhopal and Mangalwara police. Despite him being a Muslim, his moustache and beard were shaved off, and he was paraded in public, which is a violation of his human rights. She gave an application to MPHRC. The commission has not made a decision on her application till now. She urged the court to order a departmental enquiry against the police personnel involved in the act and an FIR against them. The bench of Justice Vishal Mishra disposed of the petition, with a direction to MPHRC to decide on the application as soon as possible. Advocates Prashant Chaurasia and Shoaib Rehman appeared for the petitioner.
