Bhubaneswar: A probe panel led by Development Commissioner (DC)-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Anu Garg has recommended disciplinary action against six officials in connection with a stampede near Gundicha temple during this year’s Puri Rath Yatra.

The panel has recommended discplinary action against Puri Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Revenue, Sarat Chandra Mahapatra and five other officials for serious lapses that resulted in the stampede on June 29.

The other five officials are Puri Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Ashok Kumar Behera, Puri District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, Additional Tehsildar of Sukuru in Mayurbhanj Raj Kishore Jena, Additional Tehsildar of Gondia in Dhenkanal Soubhagya Kumar Mohanty and Dhenkanal Additional Collector Daya

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