BICHOLIM, May 14 -- Team Herald

A day after the government released the fact-finding report into the tragic May 3 stampede at the Shree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao - which left six dead and over 70 injured - the temple's managing committee president, Dinanath 'Dina' Gaonkar, claimed he had not received the report and denied any lapse in cooperation with the district administration.

The damning report, prepared by a four-member committee, squarely blamed the temple committee, along with the district administration, police and Shirgao panchayat for serious lapses in planning and crowd management. It concluded that the stampede during the annual zatra could have been avoided with adequate preparation.

"I am yet to receive the fact-findi...