The government has said that the 13 deaths among attendees at the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony on Sunday were caused by sunstroke, but their kin and witnesses at the event claim they were caused due to a stampede. They claim injuries to their loved one’s bodies tell a different tale. Badlapur resident Sanjay Gawale had reached the ground at Kharghar with his wife and family in the morning, to attend the function.