Bilaspur (HP) (DNS): Around 80 pilgrims were feared killed and over 30 others injured on Sunday in a stampede at the Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh।
"About 80 people have died and about 30 are injured as per latest reports from Bilaspur district," Himachal Pradesh Government's Principal Secretary P C Kapoor said। The temple is located about 160 kms from Shimla.
However, Chief Minister P K Dhumal, who was in Chamba, said the toll was 68। He said he was trying to reach the spot but was stuck due to heavy rain.
Rumours of a landslide and rolling down of stones from a nearby hilltop led to a commotion which apparently caused the stampede as a large number of pilgrims tried to push their way causing collapse of a railing along the four-km trek to the temple।
The pilgrims had gathered to offer prayers on the occasion of 'Navratra'. The incident that took place around 1000 hrs, Additional District Magistrate C P Verma told DNS>from the spot, about 50 kms from district headquarters of Bilaspur.
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