New Delhi, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to a stampede at the Khatu Shyamji Temple complex in Rajasthan's Sikar.
In a tweet the Prime Minister said, "Saddened by the loss of lives due to a stampede at the Khatu Shyamji Temple complex in Sikar, Rajasthan. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray that those who are injured recover at the earliest."
Three pilgrims died while four others sustained serious injuries in a stampede which broke out in the Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan's Sikar on Monday morning.
The stampede was reported at 5.00 a.m., when a huge crowd of devotees assembled for 'darshan' on the occasion of Ekadashi. Devotees had been standing in a queue since late Sunday night and as soon as the doors of the temple opened in the morning, a stampede broke out.
All the three dead were women devotees. The bodies of the deceased have been kept in the mortuary of Khatushyamji Hospital where post-mortem will take place.
Source: IANS
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