At least 109 people were killed and over 100 injured in a stampede
during Navratri festivities at a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia
district triggered by rumours that a river bridge the devotees were
crossing was about to collapse.
The State government ordered a judicial inquiry into the mishap which
was a shocking re-run of the tragedy at the same site in 2006 when 50
pilgrims were washed away.
“89 people were killed in the stampede on the bridge over Sindh river
leading to the temple at Ratangarh, where lakhs of devotees had
congregated, following rumours by some unidentified persons that it was
collapsing,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Chambal Range,
D.K. Arya told
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