Six devotees were killed and 12 to 14 others injured as a wall and tin sheets on the premises of a temple collapsed following strong winds and heavy rain in Maharashtra’s Sangli district on Tuesday evening, police said.
The incident took place at the Margudevi Temple at Mothewadi village under Jath tehsil in the western Maharashtra district, they said.
Police said a large number of devotees usually visit the temple on Tuesdays.
“There were around 350 devotees on the temple premises. In the evening, sudden strong winds accompanied by heavy rain lashed the area, prompting devotees to take shelter along a wall and under tin sheets. The wall and tin sheets suddenly collapsed, trapping devotees," said Sangli Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi.
The injured devotees were rushed to a hospital, where they are undergoing treatment, Doshi added.
