12 killed in stampede on a Ganga bridge in Varanasi

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Saturday, 15 October 2016 (18:26 IST)

Varanasi: At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured in a stampede on the Rajghat Ganga bridge connecting Varanasi and Chandauli districts here today.The stampede took place when thousand of devotees of Jai Baba Gurudev were going to a religious sammelan in Varanasi.

Additional Director General of Police(ADG) Law and order Daljeet Choudhury, quoting preliminary reports, said in Lucknow that uncontrolled crowd ploughed through leaving at least 12 persons.

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