Hathras City, Uttar Pradesh, India - July 3, 2024

Storyline:
The death toll in Tuesday's stampede in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh further rose to 121, among whom were 114 women, six children and one man, said a local administration official on Wednesday.

Another 28 injured people were undergoing treatment at a local hospital, where their condition was said to be stable.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against the organizers. A designated investigation team has been assigned to investigate into the incident and has submitted a preliminary work report, officials said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

The stampede was said to have struck at around 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday after a religious ceremony in Hathras City. When a religious figure was leaving the venue, people ran towards him to touch his feet and take his blessings.

Suddenly, there was chaos and people started slipping on the wet ground while running, and began falling on each other, said an eyewitness. Most of the victims died after slipping on the wet ground and falling into a ditch by the roadside.

The organizers of the religious congregation had applied for the permission to allow 80,000 participants, according to media reports. But the police report shows an actual gathering of more than 250,000 people. Some of the victims are yet to be identified.

On Wednesday morning, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reached the spot of the horrific tragedy to meet the injured people admitted at a local hospital and seek a detailed report about the stampede from the local administration and police officers.

Shotlist:
Hathras City, Uttar Pradesh, India - July 3, 2024:
1. Various of press briefing, reporters;
2. Various of media workers, police officers in hospital yard;
3. Cars leaving;
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Lal (full name not given), family of congregation participants (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 5):
"We are here to look for our families. The five of them came to the congregation and then went missing. We saw photos of unclaimed victims, so here we are.";
5. Various of police officers, media workers outside of hospital;
6. Entrance to hospital;
7. Ambulances;
8. Various of stampede casualties; families members.

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