Truck mows down Kanwar devotees in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, death toll rises to six
2 years, 5 months ago

Truck mows down Kanwar devotees in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, death toll rises to six

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The incident took place at 2:15 am today, and while five persons died on the spot, one person succumbed to his injuries in hospital Hathras: Six persons, part of a group of Kanwar Yatra pilgrims on their way to Bhopal from Haridwar, were mowed to death by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district in the early hours of Saturday, police said. The incident took place at 2:15 am today, and while five persons died on the spot, one person succumbed to his injuries in hospital. “5 dead, 1 seriously injured after seven Kanwar devotees were moved down by a truck around 2.15 am today, at Sadabad Police Station in Hathras. ‘Kanwar Yatra’ is an annual pilgrimage undertaken by Lord Shiva’s devotees in which devotees known as ‘Kanwariyas’ visit places like Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand and Sultanganj in Bihar to fetch the holy water of the Ganges and then worship the God with the same water.

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