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Bandra Terminus stampede: Would reserved seats prevent festival train chaos?

Railway sources say most of those injured in stampede had climbed onto the train to secure seats for relatives

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Platform 1 at Bandra Terminus a few hours after the stampede occurred on Sunday. Pics/Anurag Ahire

Platform 1 at Bandra Terminus a few hours after the stampede occurred on Sunday. Pics/Anurag Ahire

The Bandra Railway Police told mid-day that of the 10 people injured in Sunday’s stampede at Bandra Terminus, around eight lacked valid railway tickets. According to railway officials, most of the injured persons were not even travelling on the train themselves but had come to secure seats for their relatives.

The injured passengers are Shabhir Abdul Rehman, 40; Sameer Shaikh, 22; Mohammad Shareef Shaikh, 25; Parmeshwar Sukhdar Gupta, 28; Ravindra Harihar Chuma, 30; Ramsevak Ravindra Prasad Prajapati, 29; Sanjay Tilakram Kangay, 27; Divyanshu Yogendra Yadav, 18; Noor Mohammad Shaikh, 18; and Indrajit Sahani, 19.

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