In Photos: Scattered Shoes, Abandoned Belongings After Kolkata Pandal Stampede
Scattered shoes and abandoned belongings lay at Kolkata’s Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal after a stampede turned Saturday evening’s celebrations into tragedy. At least 19 people were killed, leaving the city mourning as police investigated how the crowded gathering turned deadly
People carry the mortal remains of a victim killed in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, at a mortuary in Kolkata, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. At least 19 people were killed and 25 others injured in the incident. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari speaks to the media after visiting the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, where the victims of stampede at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal were taken following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening, the day of Maha Saptami, in Kolkata, early Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Kolkata Police personnel examine scattered belongings inside a Durga Puja pandal after a stampede-like situation triggered by an exit gate collapse due to heavy crowd pressure, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Footwear lies scattered outside a Durga Puja pandal after the exit gate collapsed due to heavy crowd pressure, leading to a stampede-like situation, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
A distraught woman speaks to police personnel after her relative was injured in a stampede-like situation caused by an exit gate collapse due to heavy crowd pressure at Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal, at Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Security heightened outside the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, where the victims of a stampede at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal were taken following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening, the day of Maha Saptami, in Kolkata, early Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Police officers stand guard at the closed entrance to a worship venue for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja following a stampede, in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP
People gather outside as police officers set up a barricade at the entrance to a worship venue for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja following a stampede, in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP
Relatives of victims killed in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal gather outside a mortuary, in Kolkata, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. At least 19 people were killed and 25 others injured in the incident. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Relatives of victims killed in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal gather outside a mortuary, in Kolkata, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. At least 19 people were killed and 25 others injured in the incident. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Police personnel put up cordon tape to seal the entry gate of the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal following a stampede-like situation caused by an exit gate collapse due to heavy crowd pressure, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
An injured person being shifted to Kolkata Medical College and Hospital following a stampede-like situation caused by an exit gate collapse due to heavy crowd pressure at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Volunteers and people gather outside the Durga Puja pandal following a stampede-like situation after an exit gate collapsed due to heavy crowd pressure, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Kolkata Police personnel walk through a corridor inside a Durga Puja pandal after an exit gate collapsed due to heavy crowd pressure, causing a stampede-like situation, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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