October 17, 2010 11:54 AM

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Inquiry ordered in stampede on Navaratri in Bihar

Bihar government has ordered an inquiry into the stampede in Banka district that killed ten people last night. Over a dozen persons were also injured in the stampede that broke out during a ritual at a Durga temple on the occasion of 'Navratri' festival.State DGP Neelmani told AIR that more than 30 thousand devotees had thronged the temple at Tildiha village under Sambhuganj police station area for offering prayers and sacrificing goats when the stampede occurred. The injured are being treated at hospitals in Tarapur and Banka.State government has announced an ex-gratia of one lakh rupees to the next of the kin of those killed in the incident.

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