How Tirupati tragedy unfolded: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu acknowledges failure of crowd control
Friday, 10 January 2025 The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated a judicial probe into a stampede in Tirupati that caused the tragic deaths of six devotees and injured about 40 others. Chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu criticized TTD officials and police for poor crowd management. The incident occurred as devotees gathered for darshan tokens on Vaikunta Ekadasi.
At least six people lost their lives and several were injured during a stampede near Tirupati's Vishnu Nivasam on Wednesday. The chaos erupted as hundreds of devotees gathered for Vaikunta Darshan tokens, leading to overcrowding and tragedy. Despite TTD’s arrangements for token distribution across...