Overhead power line reportedly snaps and falls onto a part of the crowd, triggering panic among devotees.
At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush after a large crowd gathered at a popular Hindu temple in northern India’s Uttarakhand state.
The incident at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar city occurred on Sunday after a high-voltage electric wire reportedly fell on a temple path, triggering panic among the large crowd of devotees.
“The sight of the wire falling caused immediate panic, and a desperate scramble to escape led to the stampede,” local police official Ritesh Saha told The Times of India newspaper.
Vinay Shankar Pandey, a senior government official in Uttarakhand, confirmed the deaths. Hospital officials said one person was electrocuted, while others died in the ensuing stampede, Indian media reports said.
