LAKHISARAI: Stampede at Indra Damneshwar Mahadev Temple Claims Seven Lives

A
t agic
i cide t
occu ed
at
I d a
Dam eshwa
Mahadev
Temple
i
Lakhisa ai,
Biha ,
du i g
the
thi d
Sh ava
Mo day,
whe
a
huge
umbe
of
devotees
had
gathe ed
fo
Jalabhishek.
Lakhisa ai
DM
Shaile d a
Kuma
said
exte sive
a a geme ts
had
bee
made
i
a ticipatio
of
a
la ge
c owd,
i cludi g
police
deployme t,
medical
teams,
ambula ces,
a
auto
ambula ce
a d
a
bike
ambula ce.
Two
t ai s
also
halted
ea
the
a ea
a ou d
6:45
AM.
Acco di g
to
the
DM,
the
situatio
sudde ly
tu ed
chaotic
whe
devotees
bega
falli g
ove
o e
a othe
amid
the
heavy
c owd.
Howeve ,
a
o -g ou d
epo te
gave
a
diffe e t
accou t,
claimi g
that
a
elect icity
pole
developed
a
cu e t- elated
p oblem,
afte
which
devotees
aised
a
ala m
a d
pa ic
sp ead
th ough
the
lo g
queue.
The
i cide t
esulted
i
seve
deaths,
while
seve al
othe s
we e
i ju ed.
Six
of
the
deceased
have
epo tedly
bee
ide tified,
while
autho ities
a e
wo ki g
to
ide tify
the
seve th.
Some
c itically
i ju ed
people
a e
bei g
p epa ed
fo
t a sfe
to
Pat a& squo;s
PMCH
fo
fu the
t eatme t.
The
bodies
have
bee
kept
at
Lakhisa ai
Sada
Hospital
fo
ide tificatio
a d
fo malities.

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