Overview
- Strong winds and heavy rain at the Shri Margubai temple in Motewadi on Tuesday led to a wall and tin roofing collapsing, leaving six dead and 12 to 14 injured.
- Police said gusts ripped up a metal-sheet roof that crashed into a stone barrier, which then fell on devotees who had taken shelter from the downpour.
- Roughly 300 to 350 people had gathered for the Margubai Devi yatra, and rescuers rushed the injured to hospitals in Jat, Miraj and Vijayapura.
- Officials identified the dead, including two 14-year-olds and visitors from Karnataka, and said the collapsed barrier was a laterite-stone protective wall built about two years ago.
- Police and revenue teams carried out an on-site panchnama and began a probe into construction quality versus storm impact, and the Prime Minister offered condolences.