<p>Two pilgrims were killed and over half a dozen injured in a stampede at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana this morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The District Administration, however, denied that a stampede had taken place and said two women had died of heart attack and suffocation.<br /><br />"It is not an incident of stampede. In fact both the ladies died of heart attack as they reached the temple after climbing over 100 stairs," Mr A K Rai SP rural said.<br /><br />"While one lady died on the spot, the other breathed her last in the hospital," he said.<br />Eye-witnesses claim that a stampede took place during prayers on the occasion of Radha Ashtami when the crowd was passing through the exit gate.<br /><br />The injured were rushed to private doctors.</p>
<p>Two pilgrims were killed and over half a dozen injured in a stampede at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana this morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The District Administration, however, denied that a stampede had taken place and said two women had died of heart attack and suffocation.<br /><br />"It is not an incident of stampede. In fact both the ladies died of heart attack as they reached the temple after climbing over 100 stairs," Mr A K Rai SP rural said.<br /><br />"While one lady died on the spot, the other breathed her last in the hospital," he said.<br />Eye-witnesses claim that a stampede took place during prayers on the occasion of Radha Ashtami when the crowd was passing through the exit gate.<br /><br />The injured were rushed to private doctors.</p>