At least 145 people were killed and 40 injured in a stampede at the Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh when throngs of devotees panicked after a rumour that boulders were rolling down the popular hill shrine. Most of those killed were women and children. A majority of the victims were from neighbouring Punjab. Superintendent of police R N Dhoke said that 145 bodies had reached the Civil Hospital at Anandpur Sahib in Punjab, 30 km from the temple. The toll was mounting.
Text: IANS
Image: Bodies of the Naina Devi temple stampede victims lie at Anandpur Sahib Civil Hospital in Bilaspur on Sunday. Image copyright PTI. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibite
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