India's Uttar Pradesh Religious Event Tragedy, 116 People Died

JAKARTA - The death toll from being trampled on while crammed into a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, jumped to 116 people.

Religious events in the village of the Hathras district, about 200 km southeast of the nation's capital, New Delhi, were hit by thousands of people in the midst of hot temperatures in the afternoon.

"The incident occurred due to a tremendous density as people tried to leave the place," Ashish Kumar, administrator of the Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, said.

Chaitra V., another senior state official, told Indian television station Today people may lose their foothold while looking for water in hot weather.

There is wet mud in one place that may make people slip. In addition, because it is hot, people may walk to a place where the water is stored and it can also cause the incident," he said.