Dhaka, June 29 -- Three people have been killed and 10 others injured in a stampede during the Rath Yatra in India's Odisha.

The incident occurred in Puri, about 3km from Jagannath temple where the procession began, around 4:30am, NDTV reports.

A large crowd had gathered in the area. As the crowd swelled, some people fell and a stampede began.

The dead were identified as Prabhati Das, Basanti Sahu, and 70-year-old Premakant Mohanty. All three hailed from Khurda District and had come to Puri for the event.

Some of those injured are in critical condition, reports say.

Local media have also claimed that police crowd control at the location was inadequate.

Puri Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain said the bodies of the victims had been se...