Patna, 31/3: At least nine persons, including eight women, have been killed in the stampede which took place at Sheetla Mata Mandir in Nalanda on Tuesday. While eight women died on the spot, a male member passed away while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
According to locals, there was a huge rush at the temple this morning where devotees throng every Tuesday for ‘darshan’ (paying obeisance to the God). However, the police deployment to control the crowd at the temple was inadequate as around 2500 cops from eight districts had been deployed in the security arrangements of the President Droupadi Murmu, who was on a day visit to Nalanda to attend the convocation ceremony of Nalanda University.
