Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh): At least 65 people died and over 100 were injured in a
stampede at the Ram Janki temple in Kunda village of Pratapgarh district on Thursday. Devotees, including women and children, were killed in the stampede
incident after a wooden gate of the temple fell on them. There were hundreds of
people present in the temple when the tragedy occurred. The incident triggered
panick and devotees started rushing helter-skelter. Some people were crushed to
death under the falling gate, and as hundreds of people tried to escape through a
narrow passage, many tripped and fell, and got crushed by the panicking crowd.
Local residents in Kunda village, where the temple is located, helped police carry the
injured to nearby hospitals, police said. In 2008, at least 285 people died in two
temple stampedes in north India.
