Seven dead, 80 injured in Goa temple stampede

• Seven killed and 80 injured in a stampede at Shirgao village during annual “Lairai Jatra” at Shree Lairai Devi Temple.

• Chief Minister Pramod Sawant ordered a magisterial inquiry and held a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• The government transferred District Collector Sneha Gitte, Superintendent of Police (North), Deputy Superintendent of Police (Bicholim), Deputy Collector (Bicholim) Bhimnath Khorjuvekar, and police inspector Dinesh Gadekar for a free and fair inquiry.

• A fact-finding committee has been constituted.