Seven, including Chorbagan Durga Puja organisers, arrested for pandal stampede in Kolkata: Police

Security heightened outside the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, where the victims of a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal were taken, in Kolkata, on October 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Seven people, including the secretary and vice president of the Chorbagan Sarbajanin Durga Puja committee, have been arrested in connection with the pandal stampede that killed at least 19 people, said the Kolkata Police on Sunday (October 18, 2026).

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