KOLKATA: At least 17 people were killed and two dozen more injured Saturday in eastern India after a stampede likely caused by sudden rainfall during a Hindu religious gathering, officials said.
The stampede in Kolkata is saddening. Condolences to the bereaved families. Wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
The West Bengal Government is providing all possible help to the affected families.
West Bengal’s Chief Minister Suvendhu Adhikari told reporters the fatalities included a seven-year-old girl, adding that 25 others were injured outside a pavilion “in a stampede” at the Hindu festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata.
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