At least 18 people, including 14 women, died in a stamp at the railway station in India The capital of New Delhi, a press -given Indian agency, reports on Sunday.
According to the chief minister of the Otisy Otysi, who uses only one name, many victims became the Hindu pilgrims who went to the Mach Kumba festival in Sigagaradi in northern India, which uses only one name.
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The stamp took place at the end of the Saturday, while thousands of people were assembled at the New Deli railway station, waiting to take the train. The incident came after some passengers slipped and fell on others, descending the pedestrian bridge connecting the train platforms, the authorities said.
Shella Davy, who was in the Lock-Naika Hospital Jay Prokash Naene in New Delhi to gather the daughter-in-law's body, stated the change of trains for trains created by the passengers that led to the stamp.
“The crowd came out of control, and no one could control it,” said Nikhil Kumar, a shopkeeper, who witnessed the crowd.
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Prime Minister Naredra Modi He said he was “upset.”
“My thoughts with all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injuries quickly recover. The authorities help everyone who has suffered from this stamp,” he said on the social platform X.
Railway Minister Ashvini Vaishnava said the investigation was ordered to find what led to a stamp.
At least 30 people died Last month, at a six -week festival after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to immerse themselves in the waters of the sacred river.