Viral Video Shows Chaos Minutes Before Stampede at Bandra Station

Mumbai:  A CCTV foot has surfaced on social media showing passengers crowding and jostling to board an unreserved express train at Bandra Terminus, which led to a stampede that left ten persons injured.

foot, purportedly from a CCTV camera on rth end of platform . 1 at Bandra Terminus, shows chaos that ensued when 22-coach unreserved Bandra-Gorakhpur Antyodaya Express arrived from railway yard around 2.44 am on Sunday.

As a large number of passengers attempted to board unreserved train, some lost ir footing and fell, causing a stampede that left several injured.

However, CCTV foot, which has gone viral on social media, does t show stampede, as it may have taken place on or end of platform.

WR is operating more than 130 festival special trains for various destinations, especially Uttar Presh and Bihar , for upcoming Diwali and Chhath festivals.

While Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's disaster manment cell said ten passengers were injured in incident in early hours of Sunday, Western Railway's official statement claimed only two were hurt.

In foot, passengers with bags and belongings on ir hes and shoulders are seen crowding around train's doors. Some even carrying small drums blocked entrance, with barely anyone getting to board train.

It also shows passengers trying to board train before it comes to a complete halt, while some are seen attempting to enter through an emergency exit window.

In foot from CCTV camera, which covered only a couple of coaches, one RPF personnel is seen trying to deal with crowd near second coach from engine, but a few more personnel later arrived, pushing through crowd to help him.

In viral foot, one mand to enter packed train.

Multiple videos of incident circulated on social media on Sunday, one of which showed an injured passenger lying in a pool of blood on platform as ors continued boarding.

Ar foot showed RPF personnel rushing injured passengers to hospital with help of ors on platform.

(Except heline, this story is t edited by Republic and is published from a syndicated feed)