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After stempede, police slapped, cane-charged us: survivors

Survivors of Sunday's ghastly stampede at the Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh said the meagre police force present at the shrine were more busy 'slapping and cane-charging people' than bringing the situation under control after 145 people were killed.10:38 PM on August 03