Three elderly persons died amidst a stampede caused as a result of two elephants getting agitated following the bursting of crackers during a festival at the Manakulangara Temple near Koyilandy here on Thursday evening, police said.<\/p>\n
The elephants were brought for the temple festival and they became agitated and ran towards a small building near the shrine, police said.<\/p>\n
When the elephants hit the building, a portion of its wall collapsed, leading to some people getting trapped underneath it, police said.<\/p>\n
It further said that according to information it has received so far, the collapse of the wall resulted in the death of the two women and a man.<\/p>\n
“People also panicked which resulted in a stampede leading to around 20 persons suffering minor injuries,” an officer of Koyilandy police station said.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred around 6 pm, he said.<\/p>\n
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled the deaths and said it was a tragic incident.<\/p>\n
Following the incident, state Forest Minister A K Saseendran sought an urgent report regarding the incident from the District Collector and the Chief Forest Conservator (Social Forestry) of the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
The minister said that further action will be taken based on the report and that it will also be investigated whether there has been a violation of the Kerala Captive Elephants (Management and Maintenance) Rules, according to a government statement.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, state Health Minister Veena George directed that special arrangements be made at the Koyilandy Taluk Hospital and Kozhikode Medical College for treatment of those injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
George also instructed that there should be enough expert doctors, nurses and other staff at the two hospitals for treatment of the injured, the statement said.<\/p>\n
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