Stampede in Bagerhat leaves 10 injured
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Bagerhat Correspondent: At least 10 people were injured including women in a stampede at a programme in Shaltala area of the district town on Friday.
The injured people are - Mitali Roy, Shikha Majumdar, Rabi Dashi, Kalpana Majumdar, Arjun Biswas, Bakul Mandal, Sumati Mandal, Usha Gharami, Anjana Bashu and Juthi Mallik.
Sources said that district puja observe council arranged an annual programme in the area this morning. Meanwhile, a fire originated from an electric short circuit which created panic among the visitors and people started to move to and fro, leaving the ten injured.
The injured were sent to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital.
Following the incident, lawmaker of Bagerhat-2 constituency Advocate Mir Shawkat Ali Badsha visited the hospital.
Dr Pradip Kumar Bakshi, Medical Officer of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital said that all the injured are now out of danger now.
risingbd/Bagerhat/March 16, 2018/Ali Akbar Tutul/Nasim
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