Heart-rending news, says President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday (July 2) said the loss of lives in a stampede in Hathras was heart-rending and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.

"The news of the death of many devotees, including women and children, in the accident in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh is heart-rending. I express my deepest condolences to those who lost their family members and pray for the speedy recovery of those injured," Murmu said in a post on X in Hindi.