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Dussehra Event In Patna Brings Back Memories Of 2014 Stampede Which Claimed 42 Lives

The stampede occurred at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna in 2014 and over

Patna: The effigy of Ravana will be burnt at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna this evening on the occasion of Dussehra. The security has been beefed up ahead of the event. Common people, media personnel and VIPs will enter the ground through 13 gates.

However, whenever the programme is celebrated at Gandhi Maidan, people remember a stampede that occurred at the same venue, 11 years ago, in which as many as 42 people were killed.

It was on October 3, 2014, when the stampede occurred after the event had ended. Over 100 people were injured in it. An eyewitness, Manoj Kumar, recalls, "It was the saddest day of my l

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