Bihar temple stampede: Authorities, nevertheless, have denied any negligence on their half.
Patna:
Seven devotees, together with three girls, died in a stampede at a temple in Bihar’s Jehanabad district final night time allegedly after power was used to regulate the gang. At the least 35 others suffered accidents within the stampede on the Baba Sidheshwar Nath temple on Baravar hills.
Authorities, nevertheless, have denied any negligence on their half.
Diwakar Kumar Vishwakarma, City Inspector, Jehanabad confirmed seven our bodies had arrived on the Jehanabad Submit-mortem Hose.
The devotees had gathered on the temple for a consecration occasion held yearly throughout the holy month of Shravan. Visuals from Jehanabad confirmed inconsolable households mourning their loss and the injured being handled on the native Makhdumpur and Sadar hospitals.
“These current on the temple stated there was a stampede because of lack of preparations by the administration. Some NCC (Nationwide Cadet Corps) volunteers engaged in crowd administration used ‘lathis’ on the devotees, which led to the stampede,” the relative of a sufferer advised reporters.
Locals concern the loss of life depend may improve.
A devotee current on the temple stated the volunteers resorted to lathi-charge after a battle erupted involving a flower-seller. This led to the stampede, he stated, claiming there was nobody from the administration.
“This occurred as a result of negligence of the police administration,” he alleged.
Vikash Kumar, sub-divisional officer (SDO), Jehanabad denied that NCC volunteers used lathis to regulate the gang.
“Nothing like that occurred. This was an unlucky incident. There was strict vigil. Sufficient preparations together with power (NCC), civil deputations and medical groups have been made. We’ll give extra particulars after the autopsy,” stated Mr Kumar.
District Justice of the Peace Alankrita Pandey advised PTI the stampede was a fallout of a dispute amongst kanwariyas that had led to a scuffle.
