Two dead, 32 injured after monkeys break electric wire triggering stampede at Avsaneshwar temple in UP’s Barabanki temple

Two folk were killed and 32 injured in a stampede at a temple right here after a live electrical wire, broken by monkeys, fell onto a tin shed early on Monday, officials stated. The incident came about at the Avsaneshwar temple in the Haidergarh space all around the holy month of Shravan on Monday when devotees had gathered at the temple for ‘jalabhishek’ (offering water as a ritual). The electrical contemporary spread throughout the tin shed as the wire fell, triggering fright and a stampede in the temple premises.

Prashant (22) from the Mubarakpura village below the Lonikatra police plot space and one other 30-yr-broken-down devotee succumbed to their injuries while present process cure at the Trivediganj Community Effectively being Centre (CHC), officials stated.

This comes a day after eight folk were killed in a stampede that broke out all over a whisk of pilgrims along a stair route main to the Mansa Devi temple on a hilltop in Haridwar. Rumours of an electrical contemporary where the stairs start triggered fright amongst folk, main to the stampede, in accordance with the police.

A total of 10 injured persons were introduced to Trivediganj CHC, of whom five were referred to better scientific centres attributable to their valuable situation.

In the period in-between, 26 injured devotees are being treated at the Haidergarh CHC, and one in every of them has been referred for stepped forward care attributable to excessive injuries.

Following the incident, there became chaos in the temple and surrounding areas. District and police officials reached the converse and are working to manage the subject. An investigation is underway to resolve the categorical clarification for the incident.

Barabanki District Magistrate Shashank Tripathi stated that every body throughout the ‘jalabhishek’ ritual, monkeys had broken an electrical wire, which precipitated contemporary to waft through three tin sheds in the temple complex.

The resulting fright led to a stampede through which two folk misplaced their lives and better than two dozens were injured, he added.

Devotees later resumed their fancy at the temple.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed “deep sorrow” over the loss of lives and extended his condolences to the bereaved households.

“He has directed the district administration officials to expedite the categorical cure of the injured and relief operations,” Adityanath’s place of work posted on X in Hindi.

“He has prayed to Lord Mahadev, the supreme deity, to grant salvation to the departed souls and a immediate recovery to the injured,” it added.