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Karwa Chauth Celebrations See Reported Deaths in Haryana, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh

Local reporting cites hospital pronouncements, eyewitness accounts, circulating videos.

Overview

  • A woman in Karnal, Haryana collapsed while dancing during Karwa Chauth festivities, with reports describing her death as a heart attack and video showing her losing balance on stage.
  • In Barnala, Punjab, 59-year-old Asha Rani fell while dancing at a neighborhood gathering and was declared dead at a hospital, with footage of the collapse circulating online.
  • In Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, Priyanka Kushwaha died and her husband Deepak Kushwaha was seriously injured after a jeep skidded and struck their motorcycle, according to eyewitnesses.
  • The Guna crash also injured the jeep’s driver, identified as Sachin Khatik, and four passengers, all of whom were taken to the district hospital for treatment.
  • The incidents occurred on October 10 during Karwa Chauth, a fast observed from sunrise to moonrise, with medical causes and crash circumstances reported by media but not independently verified in these accounts.