EC suspends Datia district collector, SP for temple stampede

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.