Overview

• A video that circulated online on June 19 showed staff members at the Sitapur parking facility striking pilgrims with sticks during a physical altercation.
• Sonprayag police have arrested five employees of the parking lot on charges of unlawful assembly and rioting under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• Local authorities have deployed additional patrols and carried out lathi charges at major stops to restore order along the pilgrimage path.
• The Kedarnath Yatra has drawn a record 1.14 million devotees since May 2 and generated approximately Rs 3 billion in revenue for regional businesses.
• Two people were killed and three others injured on June 18 when a landslide struck near Jungle Chatti on the trek to Kedarnath.