India, June 29 -- A man who lost his wife in the stampede near the Shree Gundicha Temple in Odisha's Puri during the Jagannath Rath Yatra procession has blamed poor emergency response, saying, "rescue team, fire officials didn't respond."

At least three people died and around 50 others were injured in the early morning stampede on Sunday. The incident occurred around 4 am, according to Puri District Collector Siddharth S Swain, when hundreds of devotees had gathered to witness the annual chariot procession of Lord Jagannath and his siblings.

"When this incident happened, no one responded, neither the fire officials, nor the rescue team, nor the hospital team," the man told news agency ANI. "This is a pathetic incident that cannot be exp...