( CNN ) -- A stampede killed at least 18 people in a large crowd gathered to pay last respects to a religious leader on Saturday in India , official news agency Press Trust of India reported . The pandemonium , which injured 60 more people , started after the gates were closed to the residence of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin , who had died the day before at age 102 , CNN sister network CNN-IBN reported . Burhanuddin was the head of a denomination of Islam known as Dawoodi Bohra . His funeral will continue as scheduled , CNN-IBN reported . India has seen deadly stampedes at religious events before . In October at least 115 died , when Hindu pilgrims crossing a bridge to a temple broke into a panic , as a rumor spread that the bridge was about to give way . About 25,000 people were on the bridge at the time , and many jumped off it into the Sindh River . In February , at least 36 died at a stampede at a train station , as millions of people clamored to get to the Ganges River for a Hindu religious festival .
The pandemonium injured at least 60 more people , CNN-IBN reported . The religious leader , Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin , died at age 102 . The stampede started when the gates to his residence was closed , CNN-IBN reported . A stampede at a religious event killed at least 115 in October .