(Reopens DEL 68)

Both the DIG Railway and the DRM have denied reports that a portion of the banister collapsed under the weight of passengers jostling for space on the over-bridge. Following the mishap, the railways suspended movement of trains for a couple of hours to carry out the relief work. According to sources in the railway hospital and the SRN Hospital, most of the injured, which include around 10 women, were from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who had come to the station on foot in view of the massive traffic restrictions near the Kumbh Mela site. BJP leader Uma Bharti, who visited the accident site and later met the injured, questioned the arrangements made by Railways ahead of the religious gathering. Meanwhile, a number of volunteers have joined the relief work and are offering assistance at the railway station, the railway hospital and the SRN Hospital.