At least 116 people, including a woman and three children, were killed in a stampede at a religious event in Mughalgari village in Hatteras, Uttar Pradesh, India.
On Tuesday (July 2), the Indian media NDTV reported the information.
According to NDTV, the stampede occurred during a prayer meeting (satsang). Visuals from the community health center showed several bodies being brought there in buses and tempos in the presence of weeping relatives.
Itah Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh said that the injured have been sent to a local hospital. Identification of the dead bodies is underway.
According to local sources, there was chaos after the religious ceremony was over. The situation worsened as a large number of devotees attended the event. Many fell to the ground due to the haste, which led to the stampede.
In a post on X, Chief Minister Jogi Adityanath said officials have been directed to conduct relief and rescue operations very quickly. Hospital authorities have been instructed to provide proper treatment to the injured. Two State Ministers Lakshmi Narayan Chowdhury and Sandeep Singh have left for the village and the Chief Secretary and Director General of police have also been sent there.
Expressing condolences to the families of the victims, CM Jogi said that a committee has been constituted to investigate the incident. The panel will be headed by Additional Director General of Police Agra and Commissioner Aligarh.
In a post on the incident, the country's President Draupadi Murmu in the X said, "The incident is heartbreaking. I offer my deepest condolences to those who lost their family members and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured."