How An Attempt To Let An Unwell Woman Exit A Ticket Queue Led To Tirupati Stampede
Tirupati Stampede: The death toll in the stampede in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati rose to six on Thursday, while dozens others were injured. The incident occurred when devotees were rushing to get tokens for the 10-day special darshan of Lord Venkateswara on the occasion of the Vaikunta Ekadasi festival. Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam Chairman BR Naidu said the stampede was triggered when the gate was opened to let out a woman who was feeling uneasy, but the gathered devotees pushed in all at once. The incident happened when Chief Minister Naidu N Chandrababu Naidu was seeing off Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Visakhapatnam after his brief visit to launch projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore. Mourning the loss of lives, the chief minister said, "A few devotees dying in a stampede near Vishnu Nivasam in Tirupati while trying for Vaikuna Dwara Darsanam has grieved me intensely."
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