Atleast 121 killed, several injured in stampede in UP’s Hathras
Updated: Jul 2nd, 2024
More than 121 persons, including women and children, were killed after a stampede broke out at a religious event in Hathras district today, officials said.
While Hathras District Magistrate Ashish confirmed the deaths of around 60 people in his district, officials from Etah said that another 27 deaths had been reported from hospitals there.
The injured and dead were taken to hospitals in both Hathras and the neighbouring Etah district. Among the dead were several women and children.
The stampede occurred during a ‘satsang’ (prayer meeting) for Lord Shiva. Visuals from the Community Health Centre showed several bodies being brought there in the presence of crying relatives.
Earlier in the afternoon, chief medical officer (CMO) Etah, Umesh Kumar Tripathi said, “We have received 27 bodies, of which 25 are females and two are males. Some injured have also been taken to hospitals. We have heard that there was a stampede during a ‘satsang’ but do not have too many more details.”
Senior Superintendent of Police, Etah, Rajesh Kumar later said three children were among those killed in the stampede, which broke out in a village within the Sikandra Rao police station limits in Hathras.
Officials said that further details about the incident are awaited.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a probe into the incident. ADG Agra and Commissioner Aligarh will be members of the probe committee.
UP Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh and DGP Prashant Kumar along with ministers Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh and Sandeep Singh have left for Hathras.
(This story was taken from a syndicated feed and was only edited for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)
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