**At least five girls have been killed in a stampede at a state-run school in a crowded area of the Indian capital, Delhi, police and doctors say.**The stampede in Khajuri Khas area took place when the students were asked to evacuate their classrooms after rumours of an electric short-circuit.
At least 24 girls were injured as panic-stricken students tried to run out of a narrow exit.
The wounded have been taken to Guru Teg Bahadur hospital.
The state authorities have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
“About 40 children were being moved from one section of the school to another,” news agency AFP quoted a police officer at the Khajuri Khas police station as saying.
Police have cordoned off the area and a huge crowd of parents and local people has gathered outside the school.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit is on her way to the hospital to visit the injured children.