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At slightest 9 persons including a lad were killed reportedly aft they fell down from a six-feet-high partition erstwhile they attempted to flight from unreserved aft an robust railing was damaged wrong Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple successful Kasibugga municipality successful Srikakulam district connected Saturday (November 1, 2025).
Srikakulam Superintendent of Police (SP) K.V. Maheswara Reddy told The Hindu, "It is not a stampede per se. Nine devotees person been killed and 2 devotees are battling with terrible injuries aft they fell down from the partition which is connected to the railing. The devotees attempted to flight from the queue successful panic aft the robust railing was damaged.”
“The helath information of the 2 survivors is critical,” said Mr. Maheswara Reddy.
“A lawsuit has been registered against the temple owner, Hari Mukunda Panda, nether assorted sections nether culpable homicide for the negligence that caused the decease of the devotees," said Mr. Maheswara Reddy.
The bodies person been shifted to the authorities infirmary successful Kasibugga for post-mortem and their identities are being established.
