Rohtak, Jan. 31 -- Three people, including two women, from Haryana were among those who died in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, in the early hours of Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Rampati Devi, 60, a resident of Jind's Rajpura Bhain, Krishna Devi, 75, from Rohtak's Sampla, and Amit Kumar, 34, from Faridabad.

Rampati's grandson Narender Kumar said that he along with his grandmother and six others from their village had gone to the Maha Kumbh to take the holy dip.

"Around 1-2 pm on January 29, all of us reached near the Sangam area and after seeing a huge crowd, we all decided not to take the holy dip. However, the crowd broke the barricades, which led to the stampede. We fell on the groun...