Last Updated: March 25, 2024, 18:54 IST
(*2*)The deceased had been recognized as Billa and Balveer Chand, residents of Faridkot, Punjab, the officers added. (Representative picture/ News18)
The police despatched the our bodies for postmortem. Five of the injured have been despatched to Una Zonal hospital whereas two had been referred to PGI Chandigarh. ASP Sanjeev Bhatia stated that ‘the devotees who’ve been injured are underneath remedy
Two devotees had been killed and 7 others injured following a stampede at a shrine on account of a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district on Monday, officers stated. Located round 40 km from Una, Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh in Mairi village of Amb subdivision in Una district, is visited by numerous individuals searching for a treatment for individuals possessed by “evil spirits”.
Devotees who had come to participate in the Baba Vadbhag Singh truthful had been taking tub in the holy spring in Charan Ganga round 5 am when four-five large stones got here sliding down from the mountain following a landslide, police stated. Bathing in Charan Ganga is taken into account sacred and there was plenty of crowd on the holy ft of Ganga on Monday because of the full moon.
Seeing the stones rolling down from the mountain, individuals began shifting helter and there was a stampede, inflicting accidents to 9 devotees. All the injured had been rushed to Civil Hospital Amb for remedy, the place two devotees succumbed to accidents. The deceased had been recognized as Billa and Balveer Chand, residents of Faridkot, Punjab, the officers added.
The police despatched the our bodies for postmortem. Five of the injured have been despatched to Una Zonal hospital whereas two had been referred to PGI Chandigarh. ASP Sanjeev Bhatia stated that ‘the devotees who’ve been injured are underneath remedy.
Deputy Commissioner, Una, Jatin Lal stated that devotees is not going to be allowed to take tub in the holy ft of Ganga till the state of affairs turns into regular.
Statements of eyewitnesses current on the incident website may even be recorded, in order that the actual causes for the accident could be identified, stated SP Una Rakesh Singh.
