At least 18 people including 14 women, killed in Stamped at a train station in Indian Capital of New Delhi, reported on Sunday The Press Trust of India News Agency.
Many sacrifices were Hindu pilgrims who traveled to the MAHA KUMBH Festival in Moyagraj, North India, said Delhi’s Chief Minister of Nursing, Atishi, who uses only one name.
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Stampede happened late on Saturday, while thousands of people gathered thousands of people at the New Delhi railway station in New Delhi, waiting to board the train. The incident happened after some passengers slipped and fell to others as they descended from the bridge that connects the trains platforms, the authorities said.
Sheela Devi, who was at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital in New Delhi to collect the body of her daughter -in -law, said the announcement of changing the trains platform created confusion among the passengers that led to Stamped.
“The audience disappeared control and no one could control it,” said Nikhil Kumar, a salesman who witnessed the crowd.
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Prime minister Narendra Modi He said he was “troubled by Stampedo.”
“My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured are recovered quickly. The authorities help all those affected by this stampede,” he said on the social platform X.
Rail minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said an investigation was ordered to find what led to Stampede.
At least 30 people were killed In Stamped at a six -week festival last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to dip in holy river waters.
