PTI
Varanasi, Oct 3: Twelve women were feared dead and several others injured in a stampede in Mughalsarai railway station on Wednesday October 3, about 20 km from here, a top police official said.
Inspector General of Police, Varanasi zone, Kashmir Singh said these women had arrived at the Mughalsarai station for going to Varanasi for a ritual bath in the Ganges on the occasion of 'Putrajaya', a local festival.
The incident occurred while they were climbing the stairs at the railway station around 1.45 pm for changing platforms as two trains had arrived at the station around the same time, the official said.