HYDERABAD: At least 100 spectators were injured when a makeshift spectator gallery collapsed at the newly constructed stadium hosting the 47th Junior National Kabaddi Tournament at Suryapet, Telangana.
The tournament was inaugurated by Telengana energy minister G. Jagadish Reddy at the police grounds. The Telangana Kabaddi Association, in a tie-up with the Kabaddi Association of Suryapet district, had organised the event in which 29 states were represented.
Nearly 3,000 spectators were present at the time. Around 1,000 of them were sitting on one side of the gallery in excess of its capacity. “It appears the structure of the gallery was weak,” Deccan Chronicle quotes Suryapet superintendent of police R Bhaskaran as having said.
The collapse of the gallery was attributed to the weakness of the structure. However, the exact cause of the mishap would be known only after investigation, police said. Footage from the accident went viral on social media.
