Two killed in stampede
Two devotees were killed in a stampede at an annual Urs (religious congregation) of 'Bishwa Oli Khwaja Baba Faridpuri Darbar' at Atroshi in Sadarpur upazila yesterday. The victims are Sufia Begum, 55, of Bashulikandi village and Amena Khatun, 60, of Char Kasem Nagar village in Narsingdi district. The incident took place at around 2:00pm at the western side of the main gate in the three-day Urs, where thousands of devotees gathered to attend the Akheri Monajat (concluding prayers), said police. The stampede occurred when people were trying to come out from the gate at a time after offering the prayers.
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