President of the Mansa Devi temple trust, Mahant Ravindra Puri, said the stampede on Sunday was not an incident of electrocution. Instead, someone slipped amid a heavy crowd, causing the tragic event that claimed eight lives and injured several others. Earlier, SSP Pramendra Dobal had attributed the stampede to a rumour of an electric shock on the temple stairs.
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Garima Garg /
11:06 am on
28 Jul