“A stampede at New Delhi railway station on Saturday night is learned to have claimed at least 18 lives, including three children. Many people were injured in the ensuing panic and mad scramble to either board the trains or rush out of the station. The casualties we- re mostly due to suffocation. “Distressed by the stampede. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones,” PM Modi posted on X. An FIR of causing death due to negligence was being registered and a special team formed to investigate the matter. The chaotic situa tion began to unfold at 9.45pm. A large number of people headed for Prayagraj had gathered on platform numbers 13 and 14 to board their trains, officials said. According to railway police, 1,500 general tickets had been sold and that was the primary reason the crowd became unmanageable. The victims were admitted to different hospitals of the city with Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital receiving the maximum number of injured.”
