<p>One person was killed and 12 others were injured when a stampede broke out in the Hanuman Temple in Panki on the outskirts of the city today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Devotees in large numbers had gathered at the temple on the occasion of 'Budhwa Mangal' festival when the incident took place.The doors of the 500-year-old temple were to open at 3 AM but the devotees had lined up since last night.<br /><br />DIG (Kanpur) Amitabh Yash told reporters that serpentine lines were seen outside the temple since last night following which additional policemen were posted near the site.<br /><br />Due to the heat and fatigue, some devotees fainted and a stampede soon broke out, Yash said. However, some eyewitnesses said that police used force to control the crowd which led to the stampede.<br /><br />The DIG said police used mild force to control the crowd. The injured were rushed to various hospitals in the city where one of the devotees identified as 38-year-old Purushottam Prajapati died, hospital sources said.<br /><br />This is the second stampede in a religious place in as many days. Nine persons were killed when a stampede broke out in an ashram in Deogarh in Jharkhand yesterday.<br /><br />Yash said many devotees were still fainting due to heat and fatigue as they have been standing in the line for at least eight hours.</p>
<p>One person was killed and 12 others were injured when a stampede broke out in the Hanuman Temple in Panki on the outskirts of the city today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Devotees in large numbers had gathered at the temple on the occasion of 'Budhwa Mangal' festival when the incident took place.The doors of the 500-year-old temple were to open at 3 AM but the devotees had lined up since last night.<br /><br />DIG (Kanpur) Amitabh Yash told reporters that serpentine lines were seen outside the temple since last night following which additional policemen were posted near the site.<br /><br />Due to the heat and fatigue, some devotees fainted and a stampede soon broke out, Yash said. However, some eyewitnesses said that police used force to control the crowd which led to the stampede.<br /><br />The DIG said police used mild force to control the crowd. The injured were rushed to various hospitals in the city where one of the devotees identified as 38-year-old Purushottam Prajapati died, hospital sources said.<br /><br />This is the second stampede in a religious place in as many days. Nine persons were killed when a stampede broke out in an ashram in Deogarh in Jharkhand yesterday.<br /><br />Yash said many devotees were still fainting due to heat and fatigue as they have been standing in the line for at least eight hours.</p>