A crowd crush at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja venue in Kolkata on 17 October left 19 people dead, according to reports updated the following day. NDTV placed the incident at about 7:40 pm amid heavy rain.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said 25 people were receiving treatment and announced an investigation headed by a High Court judge, the Associated Press reported. Police were examining possible crowd-management and safety failures.
The reports describe a densely crowded passage at the festival venue. The precise sequence and responsibility remain matters for the investigation. These figures are the reported position on 18 October, rather than a final accounting of the incident.