Stampede during Rath Yatra kills 2, injures 20 in India

Puri

Two women were killed and twenty others injured on Saturday in a stampede during the rath yatra in Puri in Orissa where lakhs of devotees from across the world throng to witness the nine-day festival.

"Two women died in the incident and some injured persons were taken to district headquarters hospital," chief district medical officer (CDMO) of Puri, Gyanendra Sahu said.

Two of the injured persons were referred to SCB Medical College as their condition was critical, he said.

The mishap occurred by the pushing and shoving on the Grand Road through which the festival chariot was pulled.