Rath Yatra: One dead, 70 injured in various incidents on ‘Suna Besha' ritual day in Puri
The 52-year-old man, identified as Babaji Behera of Jagatsinghpur district, fell and suffered head injuries after he was disturbed by a monkey near the 'Singha Dwar' (Lion's Gate) of the 12th-century Jagannath temple.
Puri, Jul 6 (PTI) One devotee died, and more than 70 others were injured and hospitalised in various incidents in Puri where lakhs of people gathered to witness the 'Suna Besha' (golden attire) ritual of the Rath Yatra festival on Sunday, officials said.
The devotee was first taken to the district headquarters hospital in Puria. After his condition deteriorated, he was being shifted to SCB Medical College in Cuttack, but he died on the way, officials said.
The doctors at the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar declared Behera brought dead.
About 70 other people were also injured in multiple mishaps in Puri and were admitted to the district headquarters hospital, doctors said.
Around 40 of them have bone fractures.
The condition of a woman, who suffered serious injuries, is stated to be serious.
A large number of people were also given first aid treatments at the outpatient department of the hospital and released, a senior doctor said.
The incidents occurred a week after three devotees were killed and 50 others injured in a stampede outside the Gundicha temple in Puri. Meanwhile, a report from Subarnapur district said that at least six people, including three boys, were injured after they came under the wheels of the chariot when they were pulling it during the 'Bahuda Yatra' (return car festival) in Binika town.
The condition of one of the injured boys was stated to be critical, and he was shifted to a hospital at Burla, an official said. PTI COR AAM NN
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