Indian officials says at least six people were crushed to death at a Hindu religious gathering in India, saying several more were injured.
The spokesman of the state’s ruling Telugu Desam Party, Prem Kumar Jain, said this to newsmen this Thursday, saying he prays to god to give peace to the departed souls.
India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, also sent his condolences to the families of the deceased in a post on his X handle this Thursday.
Recall that huge crowd had gathered to collect entrance tokens to visit the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh when the stampede broke out on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s incident comes days before the start of a six-week Hindu festival of prayer and sacred bathing expected to be the largest religious gathering in history.