<p>Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has expanded the scope of the judicial commission, formed to investigate the stampede near the Sangam at Mahakumbh on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya in which 30 devotees were killed and dozens others injured, to also probe two other reported crowd crushes and identify the dead.</p><p>The state government gave this information in the Allahabad High Court on Monday, where a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed seeking direction to the former to conduct a high level inquiry into all three reported stampedes, the number of dead and missing in the incidents.</p>.'Government hiding figures': Sanjay Raut on Maha Kumbh-related stampedes.<p>The petitioner had submitted a pen drive of video footage and media reports claiming that there were two more crowd crushes on that day, all within a periphery of a few kilometres.</p><p>He also contended that the ‘khoya-paya’ (lost-found) centre was asking for the Aadhar Cards of the missing people and claimed that the state government was not revealing the actual number of people killed in the incidents.</p>.Maha Kumbh: UP Police sets up 'Khoya-Paya' Kendras for safety of devotees.<p>The state government had pleaded in the court that a judicial commission had been set up to probe the incident, ascertain the causes leading to the stampede and also suggest ways to prevent recurrence of such incidents.</p><p>The court had pointed out that the scope of the commission was limited and asked the state government if it would expand the scope of the panel.</p><p>The state government counsel informed the court that the commission would now probe all the three reported stampedes, ascertain the number of dead and missing in the tragedy after which the PIL was disposed of.</p><p>Videos had surfaced on social media a day after the incident claiming that two more crowd crushes had taken place on that day.</p><p>The Opposition leaders had demanded that the state government make the names of the dead public. Questions were raised on the figures released by the police as they were made public almost 17 hours after the incident. </p>
<p>Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has expanded the scope of the judicial commission, formed to investigate the stampede near the Sangam at Mahakumbh on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya in which 30 devotees were killed and dozens others injured, to also probe two other reported crowd crushes and identify the dead.</p><p>The state government gave this information in the Allahabad High Court on Monday, where a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed seeking direction to the former to conduct a high level inquiry into all three reported stampedes, the number of dead and missing in the incidents.</p>.'Government hiding figures': Sanjay Raut on Maha Kumbh-related stampedes.<p>The petitioner had submitted a pen drive of video footage and media reports claiming that there were two more crowd crushes on that day, all within a periphery of a few kilometres.</p><p>He also contended that the ‘khoya-paya’ (lost-found) centre was asking for the Aadhar Cards of the missing people and claimed that the state government was not revealing the actual number of people killed in the incidents.</p>.Maha Kumbh: UP Police sets up 'Khoya-Paya' Kendras for safety of devotees.<p>The state government had pleaded in the court that a judicial commission had been set up to probe the incident, ascertain the causes leading to the stampede and also suggest ways to prevent recurrence of such incidents.</p><p>The court had pointed out that the scope of the commission was limited and asked the state government if it would expand the scope of the panel.</p><p>The state government counsel informed the court that the commission would now probe all the three reported stampedes, ascertain the number of dead and missing in the tragedy after which the PIL was disposed of.</p><p>Videos had surfaced on social media a day after the incident claiming that two more crowd crushes had taken place on that day.</p><p>The Opposition leaders had demanded that the state government make the names of the dead public. Questions were raised on the figures released by the police as they were made public almost 17 hours after the incident. </p>