Kalkaji Temple accident: Notice to member of organising committee

New Delhi: Delhi Police has served a notice to a member of Sri Kalkaji Sajja Sevadar Mitr Mandal for the religious event at south Delhi's Kalkaji Mandir, asking him to join the investigation into an accident when an elevated platform collapsed on Sunday, leading to the death of a woman and injury to 17 devotees.Satish Kumar had made an application to authorities for orgainising an event on behalf of the Mandal, police said. “Kumar have been asked to join investigation," the officer said.Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Rajesh Deo said there are several other members of the Mitr Mandal and they are identifying other organisers. He said the event was held at the Mahant Parishar in the temple so they have been contacted them to ascertain who had applied to book the space. “We are also questioning tent house owners, performers and promoters to determine who contacted them for bookings, thereby identifying the main organisers," the officer said.Meanwhile, a post-mortem on Tina, who died after the staged collapsed, is being done. Her husband, Ved Prakash, said: "She had gone to the event with other women in the locality. At midnight, I called her up to see when she would be back. My wife told me she would be home in a few minutes, so I went to sleep."Prakash woke up in the morning and realised his wife had not returned home. He asked the other women who had gone to the event with her. "They informed me about the incident," he said. "I rushed to the temple, then to the police station, and later learned about her death," he said.Tina is survived by her husband and three sons, one of whom is undergoing treatment for cancer. He added that this was the first time she had visited the temple. The family lives in Tughlakabad. Ved Prakash is a vegetable vendor.About the incident, police had said 1,500-1,600 people had assembled at the Kalkaji Mandir around midnight. “Around 12.30 am, the elevated platform caved in as it could not bear the weight of people sitting and standing on it. People sitting below the platform were among the injured,” the officer said.