Kartik Purnima 2017: At least three killed in stampede in Bihar; several injured

At least three people were killed in Bihar's Begusarai after a stampede during the Kartik Puja celebrations, news agency ANI reported on Twitter on Saturday.

Local media also suggests that several people have been injured in the



stampede.

The identities of the victims have not been revealed as yet.

Thousands of people have thronged at various river banks across the country, as the occasion marks the only month in the Hindu calender where Lords Shiva and Vishnu are simultaneously worshipped