NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (NNN-PTI) – One person was killed and over 20 others injured yesterday, during a stampede on the occasion of a religious festival, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said.
The stampede occurred on a bridge in Cuttack district, about 28 km north of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.
A 55-year-old woman devotee was killed, and over 20 others injured in the stampede, which happened as devotees were walking over the narrow bridge, an official said.
Around 200,000 people, including women and children, congregated in the afternoon, to visit a funfair, organised on Makar Sankranti Day, as well as, to pay their obeisance at a local temple, media reports said.
The authorities ordered a probe into the accident and banned the entry of devotees into the temple.– NNN-PTI
