SSP Shailesh Pandey said the police teams at the spot managed the situation professionally and competently.

Mathura Police: The Mathura Police have refuted the incident of a stampede at the Shreeji Temple of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura.

Shailesh Pandey, SSP Mathura said that there was a heavy rush of devotees, and keeping this in mind the Mathura Police had already made elaborate arrangements right from the entry point to the exit point.

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थाना बरसाना क्षेत्रान्तर्गत श्री राधारानी मंदिर बरसाना में लड्डू मार होली के कार्यक्रम में भगदड़/अव्यवस्था न होने व भ्रामक खबरें प्रसारित न किये जाने के सम्बन्ध में #SSP_MTA @ShaileshP_IPS द्वारा दी गई बाइट 1/2@Uppolice @adgzoneagra @igrangeagra pic.twitter.com/uYSm41u6HH

— MATHURA POLICE (@mathurapolice) March 17, 2024

बाइट 2/2 pic.twitter.com/6rvGEar9a9

— MATHURA POLICE (@mathurapolice) March 17, 2024

SSP Shailesh Pandey said that lakhs of devotees had turned up at the temple and the police teams at the spot managed the situation professionally and competently.

He urged the people to not get carried away by the rumours and not believe this news.