Barabanki, July 29 -- A day after eight people lost their lives in a stampede near Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar, two people were killed and 32 injured in another stampede which broke out at a temple in Barabanki early on Monday after a live electric wire, broken by monkeys, fell onto a tin shed, leading to panic among devotees.
DGP Rajeev Krishna said that the casualties were caused due to electrocution. The incident occurred at the Av Shaneshwara temple in the Haidergarh area during the holy month of Shravan when devotees had gathered at the temple for 'jalabhishek' (offering water as a ritual). The electric current spread through the tin shed as the wire fell, triggering panic and a stampede in the temple premises.
Prashant (22) from t...