Patna, Aug 12 : At least seven people, including six women, were dead
and over a dozen people were injured in a stampede at Baba Siddheshwar
Nath Temple located at Vanavar hills in Bihar's Jehanabad district on
early Monday morning.
Police along with the relief and rescue team rushed to the spot after receiving the information about the incident.
Those injured were immediately admitted to the Sadar Hospital.
The
incident occurred at around 1:00 a.m. on the fourth Monday of the holy
Sawan month, during which devotees in large numbers throng Shiv temples
to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva.
Eyewitnesses said that a huge
crowd started gathering at the temple since Sunday night and
subsequently, on early Monday, a stampede broke out there