Bareilly, Jan 4: Around 30 girls were injured when dozens of girls fell down at the start of a Congress-sponsored ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ run here in which thousands took part.
A few of the injured were admitted to the district hospital. City Magistrate Rajeev Pandey ordered an inquiry into the incident.
“Action will be taken against those responsible after the inquiry,” he said.
#WATCH | Stampede occurred during Congress’ ‘Ladki hoon, Lad Sakti hoon’ marathon in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh today pic.twitter.com/nDtKd1lxf1
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Scores of girls from different schools in the district assembled at the Bishop Mondal Inter College at around 9 am for the marathon. Some estimated the crowd at around 10,000.
Though permission for the marathon was taken from the administration, the number of participants was not mentioned in the application.
As the run began, some 30 in the middle section fell down even as other students continued to run past them. Congress activists quickly reached the spot and began picking up those on the ground. The injured were sent to a hospital.
Former Bareilly Mayor Supriya Aron termed it a conspiracy against the Congress. But she apologized for the incident.
