Another body reaches West Bengal, toll touches 4, 4 pilgrims still missing
Times of India | 1 February 2025
KOLKATA: Bengal's death toll in the Kumbh stampede rose to four on Friday with the body of a 33-year-old primary school teacher reaching his home in Malda.
Amiya Saha fell down during the stampede and experienced severe chest pain and respiratory distress. He died shortly after reaching a local hospital.
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Families of the three deceased pilgrims, who were also not given death certificates by the UP administration, finally cremated the semi-decomposed bodies on Friday after they got death certificates following videographed postmortems.
The toll, however, could rise with more families filing missing complaints. A Rampurhat family informed police about the possible death of a family member, 52-year-old Gayatri Dey. Kolkata resident Subir Naskar (52), Malda residents Sumati Ghosh (65) and Kushumi Choudhury (65) are yet to be traced. However, two Siliguri women who had gone missing in Prayagraj were traced by their families.
Hundreds of pilgrims who returned to Kolkata from Prayagraj in special trains and hired cars on Friday narrated the horror and mismanagement at the Kumbh. College student Moumita Mahato from Salboni said she had to climb over bodies to save herself.
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