Hyderabad: Hari Mukunda Panda from Odisha, who built the Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Kasibugga, said on Saturday that no one was responsible for the stampede that killed 10 devotees and injured over a dozen others.

The 94-year-old Panda and other members of the temple management body have been booked under relevant sections of BNS Act for alleged negligence in handling the Kartika Ekadasi event when around 20,000 people had gathered at the temple located near in Srikakulam’s Palasa town. ADVERTISEMENT

According to Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, the management of the privately-built temple had not informed police or local authorities about the Ekadasi celebrations. “Had they informed us, we would have provided police protection and controlled the crowd. Because of

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