At least 40 people have been killed & 100 other injured in a major stampede in the “Chamunda Devi temple” at the start of “Navaratre” in Jodhpur on Tuesday. The reason for the stampede at the temple in a hillock in the famous Jodhpur Fort is yet to known.

Of the 40 dead, 30 bodies were brought to Mahatma Gandhi Hospital & the remaining 10 to Mathura Das Hospital in Jodhpur. The devotees in huge number, especially women, had gathered at the temple from early Tuesday morning in view of the Navratra festival starting from Tuesday.