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Seven women die in Lakhisarai temple crowd crush
Reuters··17 Aug
At least seven women devotees died and more than a dozen were injured on 17 August at Ashok Dham temple in Bihar's Lakhisarai. Early wire reports put the toll at six. The crush came around 6.40 am on the third Monday of Shravan, as people brought water for Shiva. Families received Rs 4 lakh each from the state.
Prism
What It Means For You
- If you were in the Ashok Dham queue on the third Shravan Monday, officials timed the crush around 6.40 am after two trains arrived.
- Families of the seven women who died have been given Rs 4 lakh each by the Bihar government.
- Anyone heading to the temple near Lakhisarai station can note the queue had already stretched toward the halt before the surge.
What's Happening
- A crowd crush at Ashok Dham temple in Lakhisarai on 17 August 2026 killed seven women devotees.
- More than a dozen others were injured; three were referred to Patna.
- District officials described a surge after two trains arrived and a barricade failed.
What Officials And Witnesses Each Described
- Witnesses also pointed to crowd management and a rumour of electricity leaking after the pole snapped.
- Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said people who spread the live-wire rumour would be identified.
- Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary directed prompt treatment for the injured and expressed condolence to the families.
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