Barabanki stampede LIVE updates: 2 killed, 32 injured in panic at Awsaneshwar Temple
What led to Barabanki stampede?
Barabanki DM Shashank Tripathi said a monkey jumped on an electric wire, which broke and fell on a shed. Several were injured due to the electric shock.
"The injured were taken to Haidergarh and Trivediganj Community Health Centre. 2 people are in a critical situation and have been referred to the District Hospital...The law and order situation is normal here," he said.
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28 Jul 2025, 09:58 AM IST
Two people were killed and 32 injured in a stampede at a temple in UP's Barabanki after a live electric wire, broken by monkeys, fell onto a tin shed early on Monday, officials told PTI on Monday.
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