TNN, Bhopal :
Ten people have been killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at a temple in Chitrakoot area – which falls in the northern Vindhya range of mountains spread over the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Collector of Satna district has ordered a magisterial inquiry.
Rope barriers set up to contain thousands of Hindu pilgrims during parikrama of Kamadgiri hill gave way on Monday morning, resulting in a stampede in which six women were killed and 30 injured, said police in Satna district.
They said the accident occurred early morning during the ” Parikrama (circumambulation) of the hill on the occasion of Somavati Amavasya – is no moon day that falls on a Monday (Somvar) in traditional Hindu calendar.
