New Delhi: At least 17 people have been killed and many were injured following a massive stampede at a Durga Puja celebration in India's city of Kolkata, multiple local media reports said.
According to local media, the police in Kolkata said the stampede "broke out around 7:40pm at the exit gate of the Chorebagan Sarbojanin Puja Pandal in the Girish Park Police Station area due to heavy crowds of pandal visitors during rain."
An NDTV report of the incident said that "the dead include 13 women and a child."
