Death toll in MP temple stampede climbs to 115

Datia district's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) R S Gupta said that autopsies on 111 bodies were conducted till morning. 



Police had earlier said that 89 people, including 31 women and 17 children, were killed in the mishap.

Arya, while noting that the death toll could go up, said that over 100 people were also injured. 

The festivities turned into a tragedy as devotees from Datia and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh thronged the Durga temple to offer prayers on the occasion of Navratri at Ratangarh, about 60 km from the district headquarters and around 320 km away from the state capital Bhopal.

Unconfirmed reports said that the stampede took place as some people were trying to jump the queue and police used batons to control them.