Mayawati questions the exclusion of godman Surajpal, alias 'Bhole Baba,' from a 3,200-page charge sheet on the July 2 Hathras stampede, which resulted in 121 deaths. She alleges state government patronage.

BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday questioned the exclusion of self-proclaimed godman Surajpal alias 'Bhole Baba's' name from the 3,200-page charge sheet in the July 2 Hathras stampede case

Copies of the chargesheet will be provided to the accused on October 4, the next scheduled hearing date in the case, as filed in the court of the Hathras chief judicial magistrate

Mayawati questions exclusion of 'Bhole Baba' from Hathras stampede chargesheet, alleging state government patronage in anti-people politics.

Additional superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Singh said that the charge sheet has been filed in the court against 11 named accused on Tuesday.

A total of 121 people, mostly women, died in the stampede after a satsang of Surajpal alias Bhole Baba alias Narayan Sakar Hari on July 2 in Fulrai village in Hathras' Sikandra Rao area.

Police have filed a 3,200-page chargesheet on the Hathras stampede that killed 121 during a congregation organized by Surajpal Singh, excluding him as

Bhole Baba's lawyer had claimed that the stampede was caused by 'some poisonous substance' sprayed by 'unidentified men.'