At least 32 killed in Indian stampede

At least 32 people, most of them women and children, were killed and several injured in a stampede that broke out this evening at the Gandhi Maidan here shortly after the Dussehra celebrations, The Indian Express reported Friday.
The tragedy occurred when people were returning after watching the "Ravan Vadh" ceremony at the Bihar capital's main Dussehra event at Gandhi Maidan where a huge crowd had gathered to witness the event, police said.
"Thirty-two people have died," the Indian Daily quoted the Bihar Home Secretary Amir Subhani as saying.
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manji was present at the Gandhi Maidan where people watched an arrow etting the 60 feet tall effigy of Ravan into flames, the newspaper said.
According to the Patna DM Manish Kumar Verma the injured have been rushed to Patna Medical College Hospital, it added.