The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday said they have arrested six sevadars (volunteers), including two women, of the organising committee in connection with the Hathras stampede that killed 121 people.
Ujala Thakur, the main accused in connection with the assault of national level Kabaddi player Sneha 'Dolly' Singh was arrested on Wednesday.
The police said the actual cause is yet to be ascertained as there were inconsistencies in the statement given by the woman and the man.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
The family members of the deceased filed an FIR against the station in-charge and other police personnel for beating Kamal to death.
Confirming the news, SSP Shalabh Mathur said the state administration official has also decided to put up a 10-feet net in front of the stands so that a similar incident wouldn't be repeated.
Four of the injured are personnel of UP police, two of them with gunshot wounds, the police said.
Police used mild force to disperse the protesters in which some of them received minor injuries.
An official said that if needed a control room will also be established there.
Shami had been a five-time president of the Mauaima block. He was allegedly involved in a number of criminal cases.
The police and district administration are working on an elaborate plan in this regard as to how many family members will go and when they will depart from Hathras.
The court will record the version of the victim's family members in the case.
This phase of voting was crucial for the state's ruling Samajwadi Party and main opposition Bahujan Samaj Party.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Saturday dismissed a petition against the Uttar Pradesh government's ban on Vishwa Hindu Parisha's proposed Yatra from Ayodhya.
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