ONGOLE: Two YSRC workers died in separate incidents when they attended the Siddham meeting at Medarametla in Bapatla district on Sunday evening. A stampede occurred at the entrance of the venue while all the cadre started leaving the place at once after the end of the meeting.
Two party workers and an ASI, who was on bandobast duty, fell down. Within no time, the police cleared the area and brought out the two workers and the ASI. But their efforts went in vain and one YSRC worker died. The ASI, who hails from Chittoor, and the other party worker were injured in the incident and shifted to Ongole Hospital.
The deceased was identified as Voodaragudi Murali (27), a sanitation worker of Ongole. Police registered case.
In a separate incident, a YSRC worker died when he fell down from a running bus while he was returning home. It was stated that Gedela Bala Durga Rao (27) of Narasaraopet boarded the bus arranged by the party leaders, along with other cadre.
When the bus reached Gopalapuram in Addanki mandal, the bus door accidentally got opened, and Rao, who was standing on the footboard fell down. He came under the bus rear wheels and was crushed to death.
A case was registered.
