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Mumbai: 9 injured in stampede at Bandra railway station
Two passengers are in critical condition, while the others are stable. Authorities are investigating the cause, which appears related to passengers boarding moving general class coaches.

MUMBAI:In a stampede incident early this morning at Bandra Terminus, nine passengers were injured following overcrowding on Platform No. 1.
The stampede occurred around 2:55 a.m. as passengers waited for Train No. 22921, Bandra-Gorakhpur Express, which was scheduled to depart at 5:10 a.m.
As per update provided by BMC’s Disaster Management Cell, the Medical Officer at the hospital, confirmed that nine injured passengers were admitted. Among them, two were reported to be in critical condition, while the remaining seven are stable.
The injured passengers are as follows: Shabbir Abdul Rehman, a 40-year-old male, is stable; Parmeshwar Sukhdar Gupta, a 28-year-old male, is stable; Ravindra Harihar Chuma, a 30-year-old male, is stable; Ramsevak Ravindra Prasad Prajapati, a 29-year-old male, is stable; Sanjay Tilakram Kangay, a 27-year-old male, is stable; Divyanshu Yogendra Yadav, an 18-year-old male, is stable; Mohammad Shareef Shaikh, a 25-year-old male, is stable; Indrajith Sahani, a 19-year-old male, is in critical condition; and Noor Mohammad Shaikh, an 18-year-old male, is also in critical condition.
Authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the stampede. Further updates are expected as the situation develops.
Sources said that the train runs with general class coaches. When the train was entering the platform, passengers tried to enter the coaches when it was in motion.



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