{"id":41375,"date":"2024-07-02T22:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=41375"},"modified":"2024-07-02T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:38:06","slug":"indian-religious-event-stampede-claims-at-least-87-lives-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/indian-religious-event-stampede-claims-at-least-87-lives-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian religious event stampede claims at least 87 lives: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UTTAR PRADESH: At least 87 people are feared dead after a stampede broke out at a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/registration-for-hindu-marriages-to-start-soon\/\">Hindu<\/a> religious gathering in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, NDTV reports on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>As per the details, the incident took place in a village in Hathras district, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of New Delhi. Officials revealed that the stampede took place when a large crowd gathered in an open field following a summons by a local religious leader.<\/p>\n<p>District police spokesman Manish Chikara initially reported the death toll at around 60, warning that the number could rise. Disturbing videos circulating on social media showed bodies strewn outside a nearby hospital, although Reuters has not independently verified the footage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The incident occurred due to overcrowding when people were trying to exit the venue,&#8221; Hathras district administrator Ashish Kumar remarked during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses shared heart-wrenching accounts, with one person telling India Today of the chaos in the narrow passage: \u201cWhen we tried to move towards the adjoining farm, there was a sudden commotion, which surprised us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/six-dead-after-powerful-earthquake-hits-nepal-rattles-new-delhi\/\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a>, home to over 200 million inhabitants, stands as the most populous state in India. After this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a comprehensive investigation into this tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Directions have been issued to the concerned authorities to speedily mobilize relief and rescue operations and ensure proper medical care of the injured,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The stampede marks another stark reminder of the security challenges faced by large public gatherings in India, prompting urgent calls for increased crowd management protocols across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTTAR PRADESH: At least 87 people are feared dead after a stampede broke out at a Hindu religious gathering in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, NDTV reports on Tuesday. As per the details, the incident took place in a village in Hathras district, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of New Delhi. Officials revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":41376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7438,19350],"class_list":["post-41375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-uttar-pradesh","tag-hindu-religious-gathering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41378,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41375\/revisions\/41378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}