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PM Modi, Prez Murmu express grief over Tirupati stampede
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the stampede in Tirupati.
In a social media post, he said his thoughts are with those who have lost their near and dear ones. Mr Modi also prayed speedy recovery of the injured. He added that the State Government is providing all possible assistance to those affected.
President Droupadi Murmu also said she was distressed to know the loss of lives of devotees due to a stampede in Tirupati, and offered her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.
She also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
"Distressed to know that a stampede in Tirupati led to loss of life of many devotees. I extend my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and pray for speedy recovery of the injured," Murmu said in a post on X.
At least six devotees died and dozens were injured in the stampede on Wednesday night as hundreds of them jostled for tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Tirumala Hills.
How Did The Tirupati Stampede Took Place?
On Wednesday night, about 4000 devotees were queueing up for special darshan tokens.
Multiple media reports have said that a woman devotee now identified as Mallika suddenly fell ill while she was waiting in the queue
The queue was for one of the token counters at Bairagi Pattida Park.
The gates were opened in order to take Mallika to the hospital. But what was done in order to take one woman to hospital unexpectedly triggered a stampede.
As the gate was opened. Crowd took advantage of this and rushed forward. The sudden entry of thousands of people overwhelmed the temple officials who were at the scene. The massive throng of thousands of people triggered a stampede that resulted in six deaths. Mallika, the woman for whose evacuation the gates were opened was among the dead as well.
Tirupati temple's board member has apologised for the stampede saying that such a tragedy has never occurred in the temple's history.
