Devotee dies of suffocation in Mathura's Banke Bihari Temple

The relatives of the deceased said that when they reached the temple to offer prayers, there was a huge crowd, due to which Lakshman suffocated.

A 65-year-old man died of suffocation in Banke Bihari Mandir in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura on Saturday.

Chief Medical Superintendent of Vrindavan's District Hospital, Dr SK Jain said that on Saturday afternoon, Laxman, a resident of Mathura, was brought to the hospital by his relatives in an unconscious state, the doctors declared him dead.

The relatives of the deceased said that when they reached the temple to offer prayers, there was a huge crowd, due to which Lakshman suffocated. He was immediately taken out of there, but fainted while reaching outside the temple. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.

However, the temple management said that it has no information about the death of any devotee at the moment.

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