Etawah: One person was electrocuted at a
religious gathering in the district today triggering a
stampede in which 35 persons, mostly women and children, were
injured.
Niranjan Shakya was electrocuted at Nagla Rathore village
when an iron pole of the pandal where a "Bhagwat Katha" was
being held came into contact with high tension electric wires,
District Magistrate G S Priyadarshi said after inspecting the
spot.
The death of the man led to a stampede at the pandal
leaving 35 persons, most of them women and children, injured,
he said.
The injured were rushed to a hospital in Sefai, he said
adding that an ex-gratia of Rs 20,000 has been provided to the
kin of the deceased.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 19:14