Guntur: Three people have reportedly lost their lives and several were injured in a stampede at Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu’s public meeting in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur on Sunday.
According to reports, three women have lost their lives and several others were injured in the stampede. The injured have been moved to a nearby hospital for further treatment.
The police said that Chandrababu Naidu had planned to present gifts for the upcoming festival Pongal. The TDP leaders arranged the public meeting at 2 pm.
The police said that “Naidu left the meeting after its completion, however, the public rushed to collect the gifts leading to a stampede.”
Andhra Pradesh CM, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakhs each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured persons. He also instructed officials to provide quality medicare to the injured.
TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu expressed shock at the incident and announced to provide ex-gratia compensation of Rs 5 Lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased.
This is the second such incident occurring in the TDP chief’s public meeting in a week. Eight people had died in a stampede on December 28 last year in Nellore.
A victim woman Siva Parvathi, who also sustained injuries, while talking to ANI said, “Nobody cares about our lives. The TDP leaders called us for the meeting and told us that they would give us gifts. We were waiting for the gifts. Many people were injured in the stampede. Nobody came to our rescue during the stampede. Instead of getting gifts, people died.”
(With Agency Inputs)
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