Summary:
ROHTAK: An elderly woman was choked to death in a stampede that occurred outside a private hospital at Rohtak’s Jhang colony on Sunday. After the Congress MP left, the organisers, seeing the milling crowd, decided against distributing subsidised foodgrains as promised. In the ensuing melee, the elderly woman was choked to death. Thousands had gathered to collect subsidised packed ration to be handed out by organisers.The deceased is identified as Guddi Devi, 50, a resident of Kath Mandi in Rohtak. Another woman, identified as Murti Devi of Gohana road in Rohtak, sustained injuries and was admitted to PGIMS Rohtak for treatment.Thousands, mostly poor people, had come after seeing the advertisements given out by S Dhanwantri and his son Mohit Dhanwantri, promising to distribute wheat, grams and pulses at subsidised rates, police said..