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Chorbagan residents blame sudden rain, narrow space, lack of personnel to control crowd for stampede

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Locals of Chorbagan area of Kolkata on Sunday said sudden rainfall, narrow space, heavy rush of visitors and lack of adequate volunteers and police for crowd management contributed to the stampede at the Durga Puja pandal that claimed 19 lives on the previous day. They claimed that heavy rain caused…

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