It isn’t clear why the report, which enumerates a clutch of lapses on the part of organisers, is silent on Pal’s role in the matter. The report says that the crowd size estimated was thrice what the site could hold, making it clear that the organisers never acted to limit entry after peak capacity was reached. It also notes that the organisers didn’t allow the police and other officials to function nor instruct the crowd to move in an orderly manner when there was a rush to collect “charan raj” (dust touched by a godman’s feet) as Pal was about to exit the stage. Even so, the report shies away from pinning any accountability to the controversial godman. In cults/sects such as Pal’s, practices often originate from the so-called godmen and are often inseparable from their personalities; satsang organisers, too, respond to cues from the cult/sect leader. Therefore, the report’s exoneration of Pal despite the fatal mismanagement and suggestion that the incident could be a “conspiracy” to defame the state government is downright dubious.