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EC suspends Datia district collector, SP for temple stampede

Datia (MP): The Election Commission on Monday suspended the district collector, SP and several other senior district officials for the gruesome temple stampede in Ratangarh in which 115 devotees lost their lives. Datia district collector



The recommendations to suspend Collector Sanket Bhondwe, SP C S Solanki, SDM Mahip Tejaswi and SDOP B N Basave were made to the Election Commission by the state government.

Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in the state next month.

Earlier in the day, Chouhan, after meeting injured persons at a Datia hospital, said that an inquiry would be set up within the next two days to look into the stampede yesterday at the Ratangarh temple near here.

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