Gandhinagar: Nine women were trampled to death and at least six other women were injured in a stampede at a religious function in Dhoraji town in Gujarat's Rajkot district on Sunday night, police said.
Two of the injured, who were admitted to the Junagadh Government Hospital, is critical, say doctors.
According to police, the accident took place at the Gopaldasji Haveli, the Vaishnav sect temple in Dhoraji. With more than expected number of people turning up for the religious congregation called "chhappan bhog", there was a stampede in the queue for women after two of them squabbled and came to blows.
Police are trying to identify the dead.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences and ordered a magisterial enquiry into the incident. Porbandar MP Vithal Radadia, who hails from Dhoraji, has rushed to the temple.
Leader of Opposition in the assembly Shaktisinhji Gohil has also expressed his condolences.
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