Death toll in Patna stampede climbs to 33

October 04, 2014 09:45

The toll in a stampede after the burning of the Ravana effigy at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna rose to 33 on Saturday morning after the death of a child. Meanwhile, union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan will visit Bihar's capital today to take stock of the situation. Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said that a probe into the cause of the stampede has begun.

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