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Images: Tragedy strikes at Allahabad station with 36 dead in stampede

FP Staff February 11, 2013, 10:03:00 IST

At least 36 persons were killed and many injured in a stampede at Allahabad railway station teeming with thousands of pilgrims returning after a holy dip at the ‘Maha Kumbh’.

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Images:  Tragedy strikes at Allahabad station with 36 dead in stampede

[caption id=“attachment_620366” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] 1- Station-before-PTI The Allahabad station before the stampede where an estimated 4,000 persons were waiting for trains. PTI[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_620359” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Stampede-victim-1-PTI Relatives of victims of the stampede sit next to bodies at the Allahabad station. PTI[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_620360” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] 6-India-Maha-Ku-Stampede-AP-2 The relative of a victim of the stampede at Allahabad station. Bodies reportedly stayed on the station’s platforms for hours. AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_620361” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] 5-India-Maha-Kumbh-Stampede_AP Volunteers take away a person injured in the stampede at the Allahabad station. AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_620362” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] 4-Stampede-victims-2-PTI Relatives of a victim mourn at Allahabad station after the stampede. PTI[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_620364” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] 2-Stampede-help-PTI Volunteers assist in taking away the body of a victim from the stampede at Allahabad station. PTI[/caption]

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