Social media posts on '2nd stampede' spark row

Eyewitnesses claim that the incident took place almost three hours after the first one on Mauni Amavasya; mela authorities say no idea

- NAMITA BAJPAI

AMID Mauni Amavasya stampede at the Sangam Ghat which claimed 30 lives and injured 60, confusion over another incident in Jhunsi area across the confluence of the three rivers continues. There is no official confirmation about the second stampede, but eye-witnesses claim that it took place almost three hours after the first one when a crowd returning after the bath ran into an uncontrollable bunch of devotees who were rushing towards the ghats for the dip.