India, July 28 -- Monkeys tugged on a live electric wire at the Avsaneshwar temple in the Haidergarh area of Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, causing the tin shed to fall and triggering a stampede-like situation in the temple premises. The panic-fueled incident killed two people and injured 32 others.

Devotees had gathered at the temple in the early hours of Monday during the holy month of Shravan for 'jalabhishek' (offering water to the deity as a ritual).

Two devotees succumbed to their injuries during treatment at the Trivediganj Community Health Centre (CHC). Of them, one was identified as a 22-year-old Prashant from the Mubarakpura village, and another was a 30-year-old devotee.

Officials said that a total of 10 injured persons were bro...