Eyewitness blames police for Kumbh stampede

February 11, 2013 11:13

An eyewitness blamed the police for a stampede at the railway station that killed several pilgrims returning after a holy dip at the ''Maha Kumbh'' here. At least 36 people were killed and scores of others injured on Sunday night in a stampede at Allahabad railway station.

Officials' say more than 30 million people took a dip on the occasion of ''Mauni Amavasya'', considered the most auspicious day during the 12-yearly congregation, at Sangam - the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.

Thousands of people were at the railway station, waiting to take a train home, when the melee occurred.

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