The Delhi Police on Sunday started an investigation into the stampede at New Delhi railway station and said that it would analyze CCTV footage to know the order of the incidents before the chaos.
A police officer said that the investigation proceedings have been started.
“Our teams are informing the family members of the victims,” the official said. We have already started investigation and inquiry proceedings. “
A police source said, “Our main goal is to check the main cause of stampede. We will collect all the data of CCTV footage and the announcements made during that time.”
18 people died in a stampede on Saturday night. Earlier, there was a crowd of passengers to catch the train for Prayagraj, where Mahakumbh is going on at platform number 14 and 15 of the station.
Identification of the deceased Asha Devi (79), Pinki Devi (41), Sheela Devi (50), Vyom (25), Poonam Devi (40), Lalita Devi (35), Suruchi (11), Krishna Devi (40), Vijay Sah (15), Neeraj (12), Shanti Devi (40), Pooja Kumari (8), Sangeeta Malik (34), Poonam (34), Mamta Jha (40), Riya Singh (7) have been done. . Baby Kumari (24) and Manoj (47).
Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northern Railway Himanshu Upadhyay said that Magadh Express going to Patna was standing on platform number 14 at the time of the incident and New Delhi-Jammu North Sampark Kranti Express was standing on number 15.
Explaining the reason for the stampede, he said, “Some people were descending from the footover bridge to platform number 14 and 15 using the stairs, they slipped and fell on others.”
Sources said that due to the delay of trains and the sale of 1,500 general tickets every hour, there was a situation of chaos at New Delhi railway station.
