Vaishno Devi Shrine Stampede: Seven Pilgrims From UP, Three From Delhi Among 12 Dead

The officials added that two others, including 38-year-old Mamata and 26-year-old Dheeraj Kumar, belonged to Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir respectively.

Devotees wait for their missing relatives following a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu (Pic Courtesy: PTI)

Jammu: The officials on Saturday said seven pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh and three from Delhi were among the 12 people, who died in a stampede at Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district in the early hours of the day.

The officials added that two others, including 38-year-old Mamata and 26-year-old Dheeraj Kumar, belonged to Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir respectively.

As per the list of the dead persons released by the authorities, the seven deceased Uttar Pradesh pilgrims have been identified as Shewata Singh (35), Dharamveer Singh (35), Vineet Kumar (38), Arun Pratab Singh (30), Monu Sharma (32), Mohinder Gour (26) and Narinder Kashap (40), PTI reported.

The three dead pilgrims from Delhi were identified as Akash Kumar (29), Sonu Panday (24) and Vinay Kumar (24).

The officials said six of the sixteen people, who were injured in the incident, were discharged after necessary treatment at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana hospital at Kakriyal.

The officials further said those who were discharged, included two each from Mumbai and Delhi and one each from Jammu and Haryana.

The officials added Ratnesh Panday (25) and Ashish Kumar Jaiswal (25) of Uttar Pradesh, Prashant Hada (30), Nitin Garg (30) of Rajasthan, Adhaya Mahajan (16) and Sahil Kumar (22) of Jammu, Shivani (25), Sarita (42) of Delhi, Bhawar Lal Patidar (47) of Madhya Pradesh and Sumit (29) of Punjab are still undergoing treatment.

The stampede occurred when a huge crowd of devotees, who had come to pay their obeisance to mark the beginning of the New Year, assembled at the Vaishno Devi Bhawan.