Law enforcement arrested seven people who were allegedly involved in the stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in the Chorbagan area, Kolkata, which resulted in 19 deaths. The accused were given 10 days of police custody by a local court on Sunday.
The people arrested by the police include members of the organising committee i.e. Chorebagan Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity.secretary Raj Kumar and vice-president Santanu Dubey. It also includes Biplab Mukherjee, who built the bamboo structure; Koushik Saha and Pintu Dey, who were responsible for crowd control; and Suman Chakraborty and Rajesh Pal, who were in charge of private security.
Police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder with regards to the stampede. The incident took place on Saturday, at 7:40 p.m. during heavy rain.
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