Nine killed in Gujarat stampede
Gandhinagar, Dec 21, Agencies:
Nine women were trampled to death and at least six other women were injured in a stampede at a religious function in Dhoraji town in Gujarat’s Rajkot district on Sunday night, police said.
The condition of two of the injured, admitted to the nearby Junagadh Government Hospital, has been described by doctors as serious.
The accident took place at the Gopaldasji Haveli, the Vaishnav sect temple in Dhoraji. With more than expected number of people turning up for the religious congregation called “chhappan bhog”, there was a stampede, police said.
