Kolkata, Oct 18 West Bengal Health Minister Saradwat Mukherjee on Sunday said the post-mortem examination of more than half of the 19 deceased in a stampede at north Kolkata’s Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, has been completed.
Twenty-five others were injured in the stampede at the pandal in north Kolkata, following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening.
Mukherjee said all the 25 injured are in stable condition.
“The post-mortem of more than half of the bodies has been completed,” Mukherjee told reporters at the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital.
Among the dead are two persons from neighbouring Bihar.
He said that arrangements are being made to send the bodies of the two deceased to their native places.
“The bodies will be sent in air-conditioned hearse vans with police escort,” Mukherjee said.
He added that out of the 19 dead, 13 were women and two boys aged five and 13.
(PTI News)
