LUCKNOW, India: Nearly a hundred people were crushed to death at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India, with scores of others injured, a senior government official said Tuesday.
“We have confirmed 97 deaths so far and are focusing on providing relief and medical aid for the victims,” Chaitra V., divisional commissioner of Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh state, told AFP.
The stampede occurred during a ‘satsang’ (prayer meeting) which was attended by hundreds of devotees. Visuals from the Community Health Centre showed several bodies being brought there in buses and tempos in the presence of crying relatives.
