Five Kumbh pilgrims were killed and nine others injured when they were hit by an overspeeding car carrying Naga Sadhus at Birla Ghat bridge area today.
The accident took place when a procession of ‘Joona Akhara’ was moving towards Har-Ki-Pauri, the main bathing ghat, and the crowd lined up on the roadside to witness it was hit by the vehicle, SSP, Kumbh Mela, Ajay Rautela said.
He said five pilgrims, including three women and a girl, were killed and nine others injured in the accident. The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.
The injured have been admitted to the mela hospital.
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of the kin of those killed.
Expressing grief over the incident, Nishank has asked the administration to provide best medical treatment to the injured.
During the fourth and last royal bath on the occasion of Mesh Sankranti today, nearly 80 lakh pilgrims including Sadhus and seers belonging to various akharas have taken a dip in the Kumbh area, official sources said.
Various ghats of Haridwar and Rishikesh were seen flooded with pilgrims since last night.
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Suicide bomber kills 41 in Baghdad
An Iraqi police official says a female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad has detonated an explosives belt, killing at least 41 people.
The official says the bomber struck on Monday as the pilgrims were walking near the Shiite neighbourhood of Shaab. He says that about 106 people have been wounded.
A hospital official also confirmed the casualties. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad’s top military spokesman, said 19 people were killed and 80 wounded.
Conflicting casualty counts are common in the aftermath of an attack.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are going to Karbala to mark a revered Shiite day.
The official says the bomber struck on Monday as the pilgrims were walking near the Shiite neighbourhood of Shaab. He says that about 106 people have been wounded.
A hospital official also confirmed the casualties. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad’s top military spokesman, said 19 people were killed and 80 wounded.
Conflicting casualty counts are common in the aftermath of an attack.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are going to Karbala to mark a revered Shiite day.
