KalingaTimes Correspondent
Bhubaneswar: Even as people across Orissa
celebrated the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath
with great enthusiasm and traditional fervour
on Monday, at least three persons were killed
and one injured by coming under the wheels
of the mighty chariots in different parts
of the State.
The main festival in the seaside town of
Puri passed off peacefully. A few policemen,
however, sustained minor injuries while
controlling the crowd during the pulling
of the chariots.
But the festival of chariots brought bads
news in three other places such Bhubaneswar,
Blongair and Malda village in Sundargarh
district.
One person was injured in Berhampur town
in southern Orissa as a chariot overturned
with too many people boarding it before
it wa to be pulled by the devotees.
Fifteen-year-old boy Samir Swain, a resident
of Prasanti Vihar locality of Bhubaneswar,
died on his way to the hospital after he
was run over by the wheels of a chariot
near the Kalinga Institute of Industrial
Technology (KIIT University) near Patia.
Aman Priyadarshi Panda, a Class II student
who had gone to witness the Rath Yatra with
his father and sister died in Bolangir town
in western Orissa, die after coming under
the wheel of a chariot.
The boy's father and sister also sustained
injuries while trying to save him. Five-year-old
Aman also died on his way to the hospital.
Similarly, 22-year-old youth Amin Patra
was killed at Malda village in Sundargarh
district by getting crushed under the wheel
of a moving chariot.
The three tragic incidents hampered the
festive mood in the respective areas. The
police of the respective localities have
registered cases pertaining to the accidents
and investigating into the matter.
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