The injured are being treated in the district hospital. Hathras District Magistrate and SP reached the hospital after getting the information. Among the deceased are seven men, four women and four children.
A stampede at a religious congregation in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday killed 121 people, most of them women, as devotees suffocated to death and bodies piled atop each other.
UP chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh put the death toll at 116. Baring seven children and a man, the dead are all women. Singh said 72 have been identified so far. Victims, dead or unconscious, were brought to the Sikandara Rau Trauma Centre in trucks and ‘tempos’.
A devastating stampede at a satsang event in Fulrai village, Hathras, resulted in the deaths of over 110 devotees and left many others injured. Among the casualties, a policeman named Rajneesh suffered a heart attack after witnessing the scene at Etah District Hospital and died on the spot.
The stampede which occurred during a religious event on Tuesday has reportedly killed over 85 people including women and children. This prompted the authorities to issue emergency contact numbers: 05722227041 and 05722227042.
Victims were transported to the Sikandara Rao Trauma Center in trucks and other vehicles, with bodies laid outside as onlookers gathered. Eyewitness Shakuntala Devi described the chaotic scene, stating that the stampede happened as people were leaving the venue.
Hathras district magistrate Parveen Kumar Laxar has owned full responsibility for the decision related to holding the cremation of the 19-year-old victim in the night.
Amid nationwide protests and political meddling, brother of Hathras gangrape victim claimed on Saturday that the family is not satisfied with the ongoing investigation.
The decision to cremate the 19-year-old gangrape victim in the dead night was taken by local administration i.e., Hathras DM and SP and no order came from Lucknow regarding the last rites, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police HC Awasthi said on Saturday.
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