Officials in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh say the death toll from a stampede at a religious gathering on Tuesday has risen to 97.
“We have confirmed 97 deaths and at the moment our focus is on providing medical aid to the victims,” Chitra V, divisional commissioner of Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh, told AFP.
Earlier, the senior medical officer of the state of Uttar Pradesh told the news agency AFP that ‘we have received 27 bodies so far, more bodies are being brought.’
A large number of people had gathered in the city of Hathras, about 140 km from New Delhi, to celebrate the Hindu deity Shiva.
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According to AFP, Chief Medical Officer Umesh Kumar Tripathi told reporters that “the dead include 25 women and two men.”
He says, ‘The main cause of these deaths is the stampede during the religious gathering.’ He further informed that several injured have been admitted to hospitals.
On the other hand, according to Reuters, the death toll has reached 87.
Reuters has reported with reference to the Indian channel NDTV that the death toll in this incident has reached 87.
In videos that have gone viral on social media, bodies can be seen piled up outside a local hospital. However, these pictures and videos have not been verified at present.
Hathras district administrator Ashish Kumar told reporters that the incident took place due to the rush when people were trying to leave the place.
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2024-07-02 22:53:56