Kolkata: At least two persons were killed and over 20 injured in a stampede-like situation near a temple in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
A musical programme with singers from Kathmandu in Nepal and the adjacent Darjeeling district had been organised at a mela ground
The local police said the ticket counter at the Mela ground was overcrowded as popular Nepali rapper Ashish Rana alias Lahure was scheduled to perform at the show. The ground can accommodate 20,000 people.
Two women were killed and four others injured in a stampede that broke out in Melatar, Kalimpong on Sunday
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