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At least 116 people died while many got injured in a stampede that broke out at a religious event in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on July 2.
The incident occurred during a ‘satsang’ (prayer meeting) organised by a religious leader named, Narayan Sarkar in Sikandrarau area of Hathras which was reportedly attended by 10,000 people, mostly women.
Heart-wrenching visuals were shared by eyewitnesses from the spot in which bodies were lying outside the post-mortem house while kin of the deceased were crying for help but to no avail. Eyewitnesses also claimed that over 100 people were lying unconscious at Satsang spot and the administration ran short of ambulances to take them to hospitals.
“How can they allow such a big event to happen when there was no preparedness for any untoward incident,” said Sumit Kumar, an eyewitness. District Magistrate Hathras, Ashish Kumar confirmed with The Hindu that 60 people have lost their lives in the tragedy so far.
