Lucknow: Police have registered a case against the organisers of the saree distribution function in Lucknow, during which a stampede occurred killing 22 people.

Police sources said the toll in the incident mounted to 22 after a child, injured in the stampede at the function organised in Mahanagar area on the occasion of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lalji Tandon's birthday, died last night (Apr 12, 2004).

The programme was organised by a private organisation to celebrate Tandon's birthday yesterday.

A case has been registered against the organisers and raids were being conducted to nab them, the sources said.

The State Government has ordered an inquiry into the tragedy by divisional commissioner D C Lakha, who has been asked to submit his report within a week.