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PATNA: At least 32 people, including 20 women and 10 children, were killed and 26 others injured in a stampede that broke out this evening at the sprawling Gandhi Maidan filled with huge crowds here shortly after the end of the Dussehra celebrations.
Patna: At least 32 people, including women and children, died in a stampede Friday evening after the burning of the Ravana effigy at the Gandhi Maidan here, officials said.
Thirty-two people were killed and 21 injured in a stampede that broke out on Friday evening at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, shortly after the Dussehra celebrations ended.
Some eyewitnesses said that panic broke out following rumours that a live electric wire had fallen to the ground.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Bihar chief minister to enquire about the stampede. He sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each for the next of those killed.