‘Culprits must be arrested’: NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Hathras tragedy

The NCW chief also met the women on Wednesday who got injured in the Hathras tragic stampede that claimed 121 lives.

New Delhi: National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma met the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police, Hathras to make sure that the culprits of the stampede incident get arrested.


The NCW chief also met the women on Wednesday who got injured in the Hathras tragic stampede that claimed 122 lives.


“Yesterday I went to meet the women who got injured in the tragic incident of Hathras. Also met the DC and SP to make sure the culprits must be arrested. The Baba who makes fool of these innocent women and ran away after the incident must be booked and arrested immediately,” Sharma posted on X on Thursday.


A team from the NCW led by chairperson Rekha Sharma and member secretary Meenakshi Negi met the injured women victims of the Hathras stampede incident on Wednesday and said most of the participants in the event were women.


She said that there is a need to counsel and educate women, as they become easy targets for Babas in such events due to lack of education.
She called the organizer Bhole Baba “illegal” and questioned whether the incident was pre-planned or initiated on somebody’s signal.


The NCW team informed about its delegation visit on its social media handle X while writing, “Today, a team from the National Commission for Women, led by Hon’ble Chairperson Smt Rekha Sharma and Member Secretary Smt Meenakshi Negi, visited Hathras. They met with the DM & SSP and visited the hospital with CMO Hathras to meet the injured women victims of this grave tragedy. #NCW #Hathras @sharmarekha @hathraspolice @PIBWCD.”