One more person arrested in connection with Kolkata Durga Puja stampede
Kolkata Police have arrested an additional suspect, the treasurer of a Durga Puja committee, in connection with a stampede that killed 19 people. Investigators are probing whether false announcements regarding a pandal collapse triggered the fatal panic.
Why it matters
The incident highlights critical safety and crowd management failures during large-scale public religious festivals.
One more person arrested in connection with Kolkata Durga Puja stampede left Clothes, belongings, and personal items of people stuck in the stampede lying around the accident area in Chorbagan Sarbajanin Durga Puja. Special arrangement Special arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/d27wrd/article71612962.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/WhatsApp%20Image%202026-10-18%20at%201.44.09%20AM.jpeg Punam Devendra Dhok _12406 Clothes, belongings, and personal items of people stuck in the stampede lying around the accident area in Chorbagan Sarbajanin Durga Puja. The arrested person was allegedly the announcer at the pandal; allegations came up that wrong announcement of the pandal collapse had triggered panic among people, which may have led to the stampede that left 19 people dead Kolkata The Kolkata Police on Thursday (October 22, 2026) arrested another person in relation to the Durga Puja stampede in the city that killed 19 people. Previously, the police had detained 14 people for interrogation on October 18 and arrested seven of them.
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