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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi

UNCOVERED: India deadly crush blamed on huge overcrowding as death toll passes 120 - The Untold Story

Shoes on the ground with people pictured in the background
Shoes on the ground at the scene where a crowd crush killed people during a sermon at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty

About 250,000 people had gathered at the Hindu religious congregation in northern India where 121 people died in a crowd crush, triple the capacity permitted by authorities, a police report has said.

The deadly crush took place on Tuesday at a religious function known as a satsang held in a village in Hathras, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, when hundreds of thousands of devotee turned up to see Bhole Baba, a popular self-styled guru.

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