January 16: Sixteen people were injured in a stampede at Tundikhel in Kathmandu on Monday. The District Police Range, Kathmandu informed RSS that the stampede took place

amid separate programmes organized by the Magar and Tharu communities on the occasion of Maghe Sankranti, the first day of the Nepali month of Magh (mid-January to mid-February).

Spokesperson for the Police Range and Superintendent of Police (SP) Kumud Dhungel said, "A large number of people from the Magar and Tharu communities had convened at Tundikhel to observe the Maghi festival. Sixteen people were injured when the stampede occurred all of a sudden."    

SP Dhungel shared that the stampede happened when the people entering the venue and exiting from there jostled at the entrance all of a sudden. The injured have been admitted to the Trauma Centre at Bir Hospital, police said.

Fifteen, out of 16 people injured in a stampede at Tundikhel in Kathmandu on Monday, have returned home after treatment. One injured person is receiving treatment at National Trauma Centre of Bir Hospital.

"Fifteen injured in the stampede have been discharged while one Karishma Magar, 14, of Rautamai rural municipality-8 of Udaypur district and currently living at Manamaiju of Kathmandu, is undergoing treatment at National Trauma Centre," he said.

According to the police, those injured have been identified as Trisana Magar, 12, Anjana Tamang, 12, Rejina Ghale, 19, Nikita Magar, 16, Rekha Chaudhary, 30, Anisa KC, 16, Kalpana Chaudhary, 25, Mandira Basnet, 22, Mina Thapa, 40, Riza Resmi Magar, 19, a police person Prithvi Budha Magar, Nisha Rana Magar, 25, Nirmala Shrestha, 22, Reshmi Nepal, 27, Yunika Baral, 11 and Karishma Magar, 14. -- RSS