Correspondent, Patna: A crowd of devotees gathered at the ISKCON temple on Monday to have darshan of Lord Krishna. During this time there was a lot of pushing and shoving to enter through the gate. The police and security personnel had to resort to lathi charge to control the people. Due to the pushing and stampeding, many devotees fell down and sustained injuries. It is said that in the late afternoon a large number of devotees gathered at the gate of the ISKCON temple. Also, a large number of devotees managed to enter the temple. But, somehow, the space inside became smaller. Due to this, people were started being allowed to enter intermittently. But the pressure of the devotees was continuously increasing at the gate. People were trying to move forward by pushing each other. The situation became such that it became difficult for people to come out from inside. After this, the police dispersed the crowd from the gate with lathicharge. The people inside were also taken out. Even after this, people continued to try to get in and similar situations arose again and again until late at night.
The police fell short in the face of the throng of devotees and had to struggle to control the crowd.
The number of policemen fell short in the face of the crowd that had gathered to have darshan of Lord Krishna at the ISKCON temple. There was a crowd of people on both sides in front of the temple. Apart from the Kotwali police station, additional policemen from the police line were deployed for the security of the temple and for the darshan of the people. But the policemen had to struggle a lot to control the crowd. More people than expected had arrived at the ISKCON temple for darshan. The situation reached such a pass that additional police forces were again called in and the gate was cordoned off. The policemen struggled to control the situation. Only after this could the situation be brought under complete control. Due to the jostling of the people, many women also fell down and sustained injuries. Police officers also had to reach the ISKCON temple to take security measures.
There is a lack of seven-speed chains, four-speed mobiles and three-speed bicycles.
The miscreants attacked the male and female devotees in the crowd gathered at the ISKCON temple. Taking advantage of the crowd and scuffle, the miscreants made gold chains of seven people, mobile phones of four and bicycles of three people disappear. The miscreants are said to have made gold chains disappear from the necks of Avinash Kumar of Kankarbagh, Anish Kumar of Hilsa, Chandni Kumari of Gopalpur, mother of Rajdeep Kumar of Indrapuri, wife of Kanhaiya Kumar of Patrakar Nagar, Rahit Kumar of Digha and others. He did so. According to an estimate, the miscreants stole a gold chain worth around Rs 10 lakh. Besides, expensive mobile phones also went missing from the pockets of many people. These people have informed the Kotwali police station about the incident. Such incidents happen every year and police force is also deployed to stop them. But the criminals succeeded in their plans. Police began to control the crowd and the criminals made neck chains and mobile phones disappear from their pockets.
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