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NASHIK, SEPT 1: Three people were injured in a stampede at an election meeting of cine star Dilip Kumar at Shirpur in Dhule district on Tuesday night after police lathicharged the crowd which, irked over his late arrival, pelted stones and sandals.
As soon as Dilip started addressing the well-attended meeting to seek vote for Congress candidate Amarishbhai Rasiklal Patel contesting from Shirpur Assembly constituency, people started throwing stones and sandals, prompting the police to lathi-charge, police said.
A woman, an elderly man and a child were injured in the ensuing stampede following the lathicharge, the police added.
