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At least 121 people – mostly women – killed in stampede at Hindu gathering in northern India

Relatives of victims who died in a stampede gather outside a hospital in Hathras, India. Photo: Getty

Saurabh Sharma and Shivam Patel

The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu religious congregation in northern India has risen to 121, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday, where a police report said the number of people present was more than triple the permitted capacity.

The stampede on Tuesday was at the religious event in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state, about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of New Delhi, where police had given permission for 80,000 people to gather, according to the document, the first information report.