Police bar entry at Kasibugga temple after 9 deaths

The Andhra Pradesh police on Sunday (November 2, 2025) barred devotees from coming into the Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple right here in Srikakulam district, following the tragic incident by which 9 folks have been crushed to loss of life throughout a spiritual gathering there the day before today.

9 people–eight ladies and a boy–were killed and a number of other have been injured at this temple in Kasibugga city on Saturday (November 1). A number of folks have been hospitalized with limb fractures and breathlessness.

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In keeping with the survivors, the lone gate was closed, and a bunch of devotees who have been allowed into the temple for darshan earlier fell, together with a damaged grill, all of the sudden onto a lot of folks ready beneath the staircase, resulting in the tragedy.

“We’ve barred devotees from coming into the temple in view of the tragedy,” Srikakulam district superintendent of police, KV Maheshwara Reddy informed. PTI,

9 our bodies have been despatched for postmortem and later handed over to their households, he mentioned, including that two individuals who sustained severe accidents are actually steady, and others have been discharged.

SP mentioned the temple organizers neither sought necessary permissions nor utilized for police safety earlier than conducting the occasion.

“It’s necessary for temples or spiritual establishments to tell police prematurely for crowd administration, no matter the turnout,” he mentioned.

In keeping with the SP, the Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple is a personal institution and was working with out correct approvals. The organizers reportedly did not adjust to security protocols. In the meantime, police have registered a case beneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).