Tragedy on Shravan Monday: 7 Devotees Dead, Several Injured in Lakhisarai Temple Stampede

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
thousa ds
of
devotees
had
gathe ed
fo
da sha
a d
Jalabhishek.
Lakhisa ai
DM
Shaile d a
Kuma
said
the
i cide t
was
t igge ed
by
a
falle
pole
a d
a
subseque t
umou
that
the
pole
ca ied
elect ic
cu e t.
Acco di g
to
the
DM,
the
falle
cable
was
cove ed,
located
outside
the
ba icaded
a ea
a d
did
ot
ca y
elect icity.
The
umou
epo tedly
caused
pa ic
amo g
devotees,
esulti g
i
a
sudde
c owd
su ge.
People
a
towa d
o e
side,
causi g
seve al
devotees,
pa ticula ly
wome ,
to
fall
ove
o e
a othe .
The
esulti g
stampede
led
to
seve
deaths,
while
mo e
tha
six
people
we e
epo tedly
i ju ed
a d
take
to
hospital.
Howeve ,
a
epo te
at
the
spot
p ese ted
a
diffe e t
claim,
sayi g
the
falle
pole
did
ca y
elect icity
a d
that
people
may
have
suffe ed
elect ic
shocks
befo e
the
stampede.
This
has
c eated
a
co flicti g
accou t
betwee
the
dist ict
admi ist atio
a d
o -g ou d
epo ti g.
Autho ities
mai tai
that
adequate
secu ity,
police,
medical
teams
a d
c owd-co t ol
a a geme ts
we e
i
place
f om
the
ope i g
of
the
temple
gates
at
3
AM.
The
exact
ci cumsta ces
leadi g
to
the
deaths
emai
a
key
poi t
of
i vestigatio .

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