Overview

• On July 24, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet accepted the 200-page judicial commission report and initiated disciplinary proceedings against SV Dairy Farm director Harinath Reddy and DSP AV Ramana Kumar for dereliction of duty in the January 8 Padmavathi Park stampede.
• The commission, led by Justice Satyanarayana Murthy, found failures in crowd management protocols and ineffective use of two on-site ambulances, attributing delays in medical assistance to five of the six pilgrim deaths.
• YSRCP leader and former TTD chairman B Karunakar Reddy dismissed the judicial findings as predetermined, accusing the inquiry of shielding senior personnel and scapegoating lower-level officials.
• Opposition figures are demanding a CBI investigation to examine accountability across TTD, police, and revenue departments, arguing the judicial process overlooked higher-ranked responsibilities.
• Critics have pointed to the scrapping of the previous extended darshan system during Vaikunta Ekadasi as a factor that intensified crowd pressure at token distribution points.