News India Patna stampede not due to bamboo bridge collapse, says Nitish, death toll 18

Patna stampede not due to bamboo bridge collapse, says Nitish, death toll 18

Patna, Nov  20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday night refuted reports that a bamboo bridge collapse caused the death of 18 people during Chhath festival celebrations here."This incident took place not because of the



Hundreds of angry people, mostly relatives of the victims, protested against the government and shouted slogans against the chief minister and local administration at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), where all the bodies were brought for post mortem and the injured were admitted for treatment.

Satnarain Singh, a relative of a victim, told IANS that what shocked him and others was that there was no doctor in the emergency ward of the hospital.

"Those seriously injured in the incident were at the mercy of God as doctors were not available in the emergency ward," he said.

Sensing trouble after the incident, a large number of security personnel were deployed at the hospital and at different places in Patna.

District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Singh and Superintendent of Police Jayant Kant were camping at the hospital.

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