1 killed, 20 injured during stampede in India

One person was killed and over 20 others injured Saturday during a stampede on the occasion of a religious festival in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said, reported Xinhua.

The stampede occurred on a bridge in Cuttack district, about 28 km north of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.

A 55-year-old woman devotee was killed and over 20 injured in the stampede, which happened as devotees were walking over the narrow bridge, an official said.

Around 200,000 people including women and children congregated in the afternoon to visit a funfair organized on Makar Sankranti Day as well as to pay their obeisance at a local temple, media reports said.

The authorities ordered a probe into the accident and banned the entry of devotees into the temple.