Eyewitnesses for BBC Hindi said that the “huge pile” gathered at the station, from where many traveled to the Hindu Festival, Kumb Mela.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra expressed his condolences by saying that his thoughts were “with everyone who lost their loved ones” in publication of the X platform.
India is Country of Crowd Still Crowd Management is Toughest Task for Authorities Here. # Mahakumbhmela2025 is about to end there already has been a #Stampede in #Prayagraj But OUR World Class @Railminindia Could’t Forse Any # Kumbhmela2025 Rush on weekend and make … pic.twitter.com/kuzggq4pmc
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Authorities said that the situation is now under control.
Dr. Rita Saxen, Deputy Medical Supervisor Lok Najac in New Delhi, said the AFP Agency to confirm 15 deaths in her hospital.
Reuters report reports that they are among the killing of three children and 10 women.
The Educiweitutinuine Devi told BBC Hindi that the crowd was so big that she could not enter the station, adding that the situation was “similar to a stampede.”
The second witness stated that police officers worked their work, “but that the crowd became too great.”
Indian railways initially rejected Stamped allegations as “rumors”, according to Reuters, but later confirmed that the indefinite number of people were injured and transferred to the hospital.
Story | At Least 4 Women Injected in Stampede-Like Situation at New Delhi Railway Station: Official
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– Press Trust of India (@PTi_NEWS) February 15, 2025
This incident occurred several weeks after the dozens of people were killed in the early morning Stamped in the Festival Kumb Mela in northern India, where dozens of millions of Hindus gathered in order to bathe in the Holy Waters of the river on the brightest day of the six-week festival.
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