The passenger himself is responsible for the stampede! What story should railway officials tell

New Delhi: 18 people died in a stampede on Saturday night at New Delhi railway station. Many people were injured there. Indian Railways has constituted a high -level inquiry committee to investigate the accident. The committee has ordered to keep all the stampede videos safe. Eyewitnesses reported that there was a stampede on platform 14. Railways announced that a special train for Prayagraj is coming on platform 16. After this, both platforms started pushing. However, railway officials are telling a different story. An officer told the fault of the passengers for the stampede.

‘A large number of people gathered, so stampede’

Former Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said on the stampede, “I express my condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones in this frightening incident. This stampede took place because a large number of passengers were stuck on foot bridge. . This incident happened at a time when two special trains started by the Railways for Mahakumbh were leaving the station.

‘A passenger slipped out of the stairs’

On the other hand, CPRO Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay of Northern Railway said, ‘When this tragic incident happened yesterday, at that time, Magadh Express going towards Patna on platform number 14 of New Delhi railway station and North Sampark Revolution leading to Jammu on platform number 15 Was standing Meanwhile, many travelers standing behind them fell on the stairs coming from the foot over bridge to platform number 14-15 and this tragic incident happened.

‘No train platform was not changed’

he/she also denied the change of platform by the Railways. he/she said that a high level committee is investigating it. But no train was canceled and neither the platform of any train was changed. Now the situation on the platform is normal. All trains are running at their normal time.