Stampede kills 15 people at New Delhi train station

Passengers jostle with each other to board a train at the New Delhi Railway Station, in New Delhi, India, on Feb.15, 2025

At least 15 people were killed in a stampede at the Main railway station in New Delhi, as per officials said Sunday.

Delhi’s caretaker chief minister Atishi, said that the bodies were brought to the capital’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital.

The stampede happened late Saturday while thousands of people were gathered at the New Delhi railway station and waiting to board a train to the site of the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was “distressed by the stampede.”

“My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured have a speedy recovery. The authorities are assisting all those who have been affected by this stampede,” he said on X.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that an investigation has been ordered to find what led to the stampede.

At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the Mahakumbh festival last month after tens of millions of Indians gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters.