Title - At least ten dead, many injured in stampede at Allahabad Railway station

Allahabad: At least ten people were dead and many injured in a stampede at the Allahabad Railway station this evening. The stampede happened at around 7 pm on a footbridge between platform number 5 and 6 at the railway station. There were lakhs of people at the station, many on their way back from Allahabad after a holy dip in the Ganga at the Maha Kumbh Mela; today was a very auspicious day. According to eyewitnesses, the stampede happened after the police lathi-charged to control the crowd. The police have denied the charge.The relatives of the victims have complained that the authorities acted at least two hours after the incident. They say there was only one doctor at the station attending to several people who were injured in the stampede."At least four to five people died at the station because they were not taken to the hospital for two hours," said an eyewitness. According to the Press Trust of India, bodies of 10 victims were lying at the station three hours after the incident.Over three crore people were at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad today to  take holy dip at Sangam on 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day of bathing during the 12-yearly Kumbh congregation.Two people were killed at a stampede at the mela earlier today.