Patna: Early on Monday morning, a stampede at the Baba Siddheshwar Nath Temple in the Vanavar hills of Bihar’s Jehanabad district left at least seven people—six of them women—dead and more than a dozen injured.
After receiving information about the incident, police and the relief and rescue team rushed to the scene.
Those injured were immediately admitted to the Sadar Hospital.
The incident occurred at around 1:00 a.m. on the fourth Monday of the holy Sawan month, during which devotees in large numbers throng Shiv temples to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva.
Eyewitnesses said that a huge crowd had started gathering at the temple on Sunday night, and subsequently, on early Monday, a stampede broke out there.
More details awaited.
–IANS
