At least 18 dead after stampede at New Delhi railway station in India

Passengers jostle with each other to board a train at the New Delhi Railway station, in New Delhi, India (AP Photo)

At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Sunday.

Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were travelling to the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj in northern India, according to Delhi’s caretaker chief minister, Atishi, who uses only one name.