Vandiperiyar (Kerala): Over 100 people died and more than 60 are reported to be injured in a stampede triggered near Sabrimala shrine (Kerala) by jeep ramming into the devotees.
The stampede occurred around 8 PM on Friday when the pilgrims were returning after watching the celestial Makara Jyothi light, the most important event of the pilgrimage, from a hillock some 30 km from the Sabarimala temple, when a jeep lost control and rammed into the devotees. This created panic, leading to the stampede.
Following is the list of 39 identified victims in last night's Sabarimala stampede:
Kerala: Komukutty (from Vengara-Malappuram), Unnikrishnan (Thrippunithura).
Karnataka: Suresh (Mysore), Deepesh N S (age 26, from Kallari), Manjunadhu (26-Karvadi), Budhi Ghokkas (30), Seetham Ghokkas (26), Puneshathu Ghosh (45), Babu (Mysore), Sivalinga Iyer (Murukkodu Medu), Malleswar (26-Kurkkatty) Bassu Ghokhar, Manjunath (21) Vishnu Murthi (25) and Sabu Rao.
Andhra Pradesh: Arun Methak (20), Raju (Oncole) Sreenu (26-Malgunda) S Aravind (Manjeswaram) Ram Babu Reddy, Sangam (30-Ramakkot).
Tamil Nadu: Ambarassu (Dharmapuram), Murukeshan (50-Udhagamandalam), Rajaratham (30-Pollachi), Anju Kumar (34-Pollachi), Krishnan (40-Dharmapuram), Raman (25-Kudulur), Raj Kumar (30-Melur), Selraj (40-Thirunalveli), Ramachandra (Madhurai), Selvaraj (38-Thirunelveli), Arun (20-Madurai), Ayyappan (30-Dharmapuri), Madhu (Chennai), Govindraj (Mettupalayam), Prasanth (44-Salem), Krishna Prasanthan (34-Chennai), Subramanian (32-Kanjeepuram) and Sangam (35-Thuthukudi).
The helpline numbers given by the Kumali police station are 0486922049 and 04869253456. Helpline telephones for assistance have been established at DG and IGP Control in Bangalore. The telephone number for this helpline number is 08022211777 and the toll free number is 18004250100.
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