A major crowd chaos was reported at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s public event in Puttur, where over 10 people, including women and children, fell ill due to suffocation, dehydration, and mismanagement.

Dakshina Kannada district police said, "Hypoglycemia or dehydration was caused due to the delay in providing food to the people in the crowd. Three women were given IV fluids, and seven women have already been discharged after receiving outpatient treatment."

The incident was reported during a charity distribution programme organised by Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai’s charitable trust at the Puttur Taluk

Stadium.

Locals present at the event said that the stadium was overcrowded far beyond its capacity of around 20,000 people, with nearly one lakh people attending the event. With

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