Stampede in Gangasagar fair, rescue operation underway. (Source: ANI) Stampede in Gangasagar fair, rescue operation underway. The devotees died due to suffocation during a mad rush of the crowds to board a vessel at Kachuberia on their way home from Gangasagar fair after taking the holy dip. Latest visuals from the Gangasagar (West Bengal) fair stampede site, 6 dead and 10 hospitalised. Saddened by the loss of lives caused by a stampede in West Bengal.

Source: Indian Express January 15, 2017 14:02 UTC