14 February,2018 01:23 PM IST | Lucknow | IANS
Representational Picture
An 8-year-old boy was killed in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday when a wall of an overcrowded temple collapsed during the festival of Maha Shivaratri, police said.
The deceased, identified as Ankit, was accompanied by his father Edal Singh who had gone to the temple for 'jalabhishek' (pouring water) on the Shivalinga at a temple in Manipur village. According to the police, Singh had brought water from Sankra Ghat and had gone to the temple with his son for the Shivaratri celebrations when all of a sudden the peripheral wall of the temple collapsed due to the huge crowd. Ankit, a Class III student, was buried in the rubble.
The body has been sent for post-mortem. Ankit was the eldest of his three brothers. His father is a daily wager.
ALSO READ
Railway track on Lucknow-Varanasi route found broken
Man attempts immolation with family in front of Vidhan Bhavan in Lucknow, saved by police
Law student of private university kills self inside hostel room in Lucknow
Man attempts immolation with family in front of Vidhan Bhavan in Lucknow, saved by police
SC orders status quo on construction under PM Awas Yojana on Abbas Ansari's land in Lucknow
Download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go
