Sunday, 23 February, 2025
At least 15 people, including 10 women and three children, died in the chaos of passengers rushing for two delayed trains at New Delhi's railway station, NDTV reported on Sunday, citing officials.
The incident occurred around 2000 local time (1430 GMT) on two platforms as passengers waited to board trains to Prayagraj city, a temporary township created to host the Maha Kumbh festival.
Indian railways later dismissed talk of a stampede as “a rumour” but confirmed that an undisclosed number of people had been injured and taken to hospital.
“Railway Police and Delhi Police have reached the station. The situation is under control, and the injured have been taken to the hospital,” Indian Railways told ANI.
Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Kumbh festival in northern India late last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week festival.
The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters – including one last month, when at least 30 people died in another stampede at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
The rush at the train station in New Delhi appeared to break out Feb 15 as crowds struggled to board trains for the ongoing event, which will end on Feb 26.
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At least 15 people, including 10 women and three children, died in the chaos of passengers rushing for two delayed trains at New Delhi's railway station, NDTV reported on Sunday, citing officials.
The incident occurred around 2000 local time (1430 GMT) on two platforms as passengers waited to board trains to Prayagraj city, a temporary township created to host the Maha Kumbh festival.
Indian railways later dismissed talk of a stampede as “a rumour” but confirmed that an undisclosed number of people had been injured and taken to hospital.
“Railway Police and Delhi Police have reached the station. The situation is under control, and the injured have been taken to the hospital,” Indian Railways told ANI.
Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Kumbh festival in northern India late last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week festival.
The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters – including one last month, when at least 30 people died in another stampede at the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
The rush at the train station in New Delhi appeared to break out Feb 15 as crowds struggled to board trains for the ongoing event, which will end on Feb 26.
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