At least 120 killed in stampede at India religious gathering

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At least 120 people, most of them women, have been crushed to death at an overcrowded Hindu religious gathering in northern India. The stampede marks the country's worst such tragedy in more than a decade.

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00:00What do you do for a living?

00:20I am a farmer.

00:25When the festival is over, we want to reach the public as soon as possible.

00:30We want to reach the public as soon as possible.

00:32We want to reach the public as soon as possible.

00:34That's why we are here.

00:46No, I have never seen such a crowd.

00:49It was very difficult for me to escape.

00:52Otherwise, I would have fallen down.

00:55You have attended many rallies.

00:58Have you ever seen such a crowd?

01:00No, I have never seen such a crowd.

01:02I have done a lot of VIP duties.

01:04I have attended a lot of rallies.

01:07But I have never seen such a crowd.

01:09There was a lot of crowd.

01:10It was very hot.

01:12Yes, I saw women falling down.

01:14I tried to pick them up.

01:16But I couldn't pick them up.

01:18I fell down.

01:35My sister-in-law came here.

01:38She was in Satsang.

01:41She is missing.

01:43She is missing.

01:45Her dead body is missing.

01:47I have seen her many times.

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