Kolkata: Nearly 22 devotees died and 25 injured in a stampeded at Chorbagan Sarbojonin Durga Puja pandal at Sharada Park in Kolkata at 7.40 pm on Saturday. Chorbagan Sarbojonin Durga Puja pandal organizers Durga Mata Mandapam and performing poojas to Goddess Durga since 90 years.

Due to heavy rain the devotees rushed into the pandal with narrow entries and exits. According to the eye witness, the devotees heard a rumor that the pandal was collapsed in one side, panicked devotees tried to go out of the pandal to save their lives caused the stampede. All of a sudden all devotees rushed towards narrow entry and exit ways caused for stampede.

Many devotees fell on the roads, other devotees stepped on them some of them faced breathing issues. Some people took unconscious devotees to hospitals on bikes. This year Goddess Durga statue designed as sitting in the meditation and other deities like God Vinayaka, God Subramaniya Swamy were surrounding her.

The stampede videos gone viral in the social media platforms. Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari rushed to hospital and consoled the devotees who injured in stampede. He consoled the injured persons.

PM Narendra Modi in his twitter x post expressed that the stampede in Kolkata is saddening, and also offered condolences to the bereaved families. He announced Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of those who lost their lives and 50, 000 to injured devotees. He wished a speedy recovery to the injured devotees. President Droupadi Murmu also expressed grief over the deaths, saying that the news of the deaths of people is extremely heartbreaking.