65 dead in UP stampede
Lucknow: The promise of a free lunch and utensils turned fatal Thursday when 65 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a stampede that broke out when thousands gathered at an Uttar Pradesh ashram for a death anniversary ceremony.
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The entry gate of Kripaluji Maharaj's ashram near Kunda town in Pratapgarh district, about 180 km from here, caved in, triggering a stampede that claimed 60 lives and turned the place into a veritable graveyard.
Image: A police officer surveys the scene as shoes and sandals are seen after a stampede at a temple in Kunda, 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on March 4, 2010.
Text: IANS
Images: AP
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