Crowd at New Delhi railway station
New Delhi: RPF has prepared a report regarding the accident at New Delhi railway station. According to the report, after leaving the platform number 12 of Shivganga Express at 8 pm, a lot of crowds of passengers started gathering on the platform. The routes leading to platform number 12, 13, 14, 15,16 were completely jammed. The RPF Inspector advised the station director to run the special train early.
Claim in RPF report- this caused stampede
Due to the crowd, the RPF Inspector asked the railway team of 1500 tickets for Prayagraj to stop selling tickets immediately. At 8:45 pm, there was an announcement that Kumbh Special Special Train for Prayagraj will go from platform number 12 but after that again it was announced at the station that Kumbh Special Train will go from platform number 16, after which passengers created a stampede situation. Done
Hearing the announcement, the passengers of Prayagraj Special from platforms 12- 13 and 14-15 ran to climb the footover bridge 2 and 3 of Prayagraj Special, while the passengers of the second train were descending from the stairs, which caused a shock and stampede. The accident took place at 8.48 pm.
Report- Anamika Gaur, Delhi
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