Five injured in stampede at army recruitment camp in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Five men were injured in a stampede at an Army recruitment camp on Friday morning at Trimulgherry stadium in Secunderabad. The stampede occurred when thousands of people rushed into the ground at once as the army officials opened the gate. The injured people were taken to nearby hospitals.

“Thousands of people were waiting near the gate since early morning. As the army officials opened the gate, all of them suddenly rushed in. Few people fell down on the ground and others ran over them. It took few minutes for the army officials and police to control the crowd,” said N. Ratan, an eyewitness.

“Once the crowd was controlled, I saw one boy on the ground half conscious and he was bleeding. He was shifted to a hospital. Four others had also sustained injuries on their legs and head,” said another eyewitness, K. Umamaheswar.  

Officials said around 10,000 aspirants had come to attend the recruitment camp for 29 vacancies in varied posts of the territorial Army.

Doctors said that the victims are stable.