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Twenty-two commuters were killed in Mumbai on Friday when a horrific stampede broke out on a narrow railway foot overbridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel stations when hundreds took shelter there to escape pounding rains, officials said.

At least 39 others were injured, some critically, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control said after the morning peak hour tragedy struck on the suburban network - the veritable lifeline of the country's commercial capital. Many among the eight million plus daily railway commuters were numbed by the unprecedented tragedy

The festival-eve calamity sparked off angry reactions on social media, with many