CNN —Eyewitnesses have recounted scenes of chaos and confusion after a religious festival in northern India ended in tragedy when scores of people were killed in a crowd crush.
At least 121 people died – almost all of them women – and 35 others were injured when overcrowding at a sermon in Mughal Garhi village in Uttar Pradesh led to the deadly crush on Tuesday.
Speaking to CNN from a local hospital, a security guard named Subhash Lal said his mother had died in the crush.
Ritesh Shukla/Getty ImagesPersonal belongings of victims who died in the crush are seen scattered at the venue in Uttar Pradesh.
“I was told to go to the district hospital and here I found her body.”Uttar Pradesh has launched a special investigative team to probe the deadly crowd crush, the state’s chief minister announced on Wednesday.
Persons:
–, Bhole Baba, godman, Subhash Lal, “, ” Lal, Ritesh Shukla, Kamala, Rekha, ”, Yogi Adityanath, Adityanath, Anushree Fadnavis, Bhole Baba –, Suraj Pal –
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CNN, . Police, Reuters, Reuters Police
Locations:
India, Garhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh’s, Hathras district, Anushree