Updated On: 07 July, 2024 05:40 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) Self-styled godman Bhole Baba`s lawyer AP Singh alleged on Sunday that witnesses told him some people opened cans containing a poisonous substance in the crowd during the July 2 Hathras `satsang`, triggering the stampede.

Police personnel at the site after the incident. File Pic/PTI
Self-styled godman Bhole Baba`s lawyer AP Singh alleged on Sunday that witnesses told him some people opened cans containing a poisonous substance in the crowd during the July 2 Hathras `satsang`, triggering the stampede.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Singh also alleged a conspiracy, which he attributed to Bhole Baba`s "rising popularity", behind the stampede.