LUCKNOW: At least 116 people were crushed to death at an overcrowded Hindu religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday, government officials said...
At least 116 people were crushed to death at an overcrowded Hindu religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday, government officials said, the worst such tragedy in more than a decade.
“The attendees were exiting the venue when a dust storm blinded their vision, leading to a melee and the subsequent tragic incident,“ said Chaitra V., divisional commissioner of Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh state, told AFP.Senior police officer Shalabh Mathur said that it appeared “more people had come than permission was asked for”.
“People fell in a drain by the road. They started falling one on top of the other and got crushed to death.” Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh chief minister who is also a Hindu monk, expressed his condolences to the relatives of those killed and ordered an investigation into the deaths, his office said.
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