India, Feb. 19 -- Three people were injured in a crowd-related incident in the early hours of Thursday at Shivneri Fort as heavy overcrowding marked celebrations for the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, police said.

The incident took place around 3.30am near the Meena Darwaja when a group carrying a torch was descending the fort at Junnar amid a heavy gathering. According to the police, the group was moving at a fast pace while negotiating the crowded pathway.

"Our police team deployed at the spot advised the group to slow down. Meanwhile, someone from the upper side pushed a person, which caused four to five people to fall. Three of them sustained leg injuries," Pune superintendent of police Sandip Singh Gill said.

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