Hathras horror: 'I had her hand in mine. Then the crowd pushed us... found her lifeless body later'

Shreepal Singh, 52, from Arniya village in Bulandshahr, attended the satsang with his two daughters on Tuesday to seek Surajpal Singh, alias Bhole Baba's, blessings, but a nightmare unfolded in his already dark life.

Shreepal said, "I was holding my daughter's hand and trying to cross the highway when the crowd pushed us and a bike hit me. I lost my grip and later found her dead under a pile of 12 lifeless bodies. Her last word was an agonised 'papa'." Shreepal has been partially blind ever since he met with an accident while working at a chemical factory in Delhi in 2007. He is jobless, doesn't have a house, and every day is a struggle for the family.