What to know about Bhole Baba: Indian guru in the Hathras gathering that ended in a stampede


Before his life began as Bhole Baba, the self-proclaimed religious guru was a policeman in Uttar Pradesh and went by the name Suraj Pal Singh. - The Straits Times

UTTAR PRADESH, India: Clean-shaven with neatly cropped hair, and his choice of fashion – wrinkle-free white shirt or suit – Bhole Baba cuts a dapper business-like figure unusual of a typical traditionally robed Indian guru.

His legion of followers believes he has the divine powers to alleviate human suffering. But on July 2, his star power led to the tragic deaths of more than 100 people at his religious congregation in an open field by a highway i

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