One dead as water tank bursts in Mathura temple (Lead)
March 22nd, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), March 22 (IANS) One person was killed and five injured Monday when an overhead 40-ft water tank on a temple roof burst here, police said.
The water tank burst inside the premises of Khushali Baba temple in Jalalapur village of Chata tehsil in Mathura. The roof on which the tank was kept was being repaired.
“The water tank burst inside the temple today (Monday). One man died as he got buried in the debris. Five people were injured,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Babu Lal told IANS.
“After the tank collapsed there was a stampede in the temple. No one was injured in the stampede,” he said, adding that the tank was 40 ft in height.
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