Indian police face flak over Kumbh Mela tragedy
- Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 14.44
- Online news: Asia
Survivors of a stampede that killed 36 people at India's Kumbh Mela blamed the tragedy Monday on baton-charging police and the slow response of medics as the massive festival's chief organiser resigned.
Officials stand among some of the travellers that were killed during a stampede at the railway station in Allahabad, on February 10, 2013. Survivors of a stampede that killed 36 people at India's Kumbh Mela have blamed the tragedy on baton-charging police and the slow response of medics as the massive festival's chief organiser resigned.
The crush at a train station on Sunday evening at Allahabad marked a tragic end to the most auspicious day of the 55-day Hindu festival in the state of Uttar Pradesh which had drawn some 30 million people.
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