At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a jostling in a station in India Capital of New Delhi, reported the press agency for the press from the India press trust on Sunday.
Many victims were Hindu pilgrims who went to the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj in northern India, according to the chief minister of the Delhi goalkeeper, Atishi, who only uses one name.
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The jostling occurred on Saturday evening while thousands of people were gathered at New Delhi station while waiting to get on a train. The incident occurred after some passengers have slipped and came across others while going down from a bridge that connects train platforms, the authorities said.
Sheela Devi, who was at Lok Nayak Hospital Jai Prakash Narain in New Delhi to recover the body of her daughter-in-law, said that an announcement concerning a change of train platforms has created confusion among the passengers who led at the Stampede.
“The crowd has become uncontrollable and no one could control it,” said Nikhil Kumar, a merchant who witnessed the crowd.
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Prime minister Narendra Modi said he was “in distress by the stampede”.
“My thoughts go to all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray for the injured to have a quick recovery. The authorities help all those who have been affected by this stampede, “he said on the social platform X.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vahnaw said that an investigation had been ordered to find what had led to the stampede.
At least 30 people were killed In a jostling at the six -week festival last month after tens of millions of Hindu gathered to dive into the waters of the sacred river.