India, Feb. 26 -- letters@htlive.com

PRAYAGRAJ The UP government, which formed a judicial commission to ascertain the factors that led to the January 29 stampede at the Prayagraj Mahakumbh, told the Allahabad high court that it had expanded the scope of the commission to also include investigation of the deaths and loss of property in the incident.

At least 30 people were killed and 60 injured in the pre-dawn stampede in the Sangam area of the Mahakumbh in the early hours of January 29 as lakhs of pilgrims gathered to take a holy dip on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya, one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu calendar.

The commission will also look into as to how the Mahakumbh administration coordinated with the district administrat...