Dehradun, July 27 -- Six devotees died in a stampede at the renowned Mansadevi Temple in Haridwar today.

Several injured devotees were rushed to the hospitals as rescue and search operation was taken up by the local police and Haridwar district disaster management department.

Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey has confirmed the stampede at Mansadevi Temple in Haridwar and said that six deaths were informed by the officials engaged in rescue operation.

However other officials in Haridwar district claimed that the death figure had gone up to 10 by 10.30 am even as local police had begun a rescue operation at the stampede site.

Although Garhwal Commissioner did not share more details as to the accident a Haridwar district adminis...