Kolkata Durga Puja Pandal Stampede: 17 Dead, 25 Injured at Chorbagan

As per a senior police official, when the rain started, the crowd waiting in front of the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal ran forward. In the incident, some people fell down on the road, creating a stampede like condition. Several people were found unconscious on the spot. Some people were also seen being taken to the hospital on motorcycles. Police and disaster management officials arrived at the scene after the incident.

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her grief over the incident on the social media platform X. She said she was deeply shocked to hear about the stampede at the Chorbagan Puja pandal. She prayed to Goddess Durga for the speedy recovery of the injured and wished for courage to the affected families during this difficult time. The administration is on high alert and monitoring the situation in the wake of the incident. Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, rushed to the hospital, where he met the injured and inquired about their health from doctors.

WB Govt is moving on high priority. Stampede victims are being brought in from Chorebagan Sarbojonin at the Medical College, rest Pujas of Tala Prottoy and Chetla Agrani has been shutdown now. https://t.co/bLhFAIU6Ak — Sudhanidhi Bandyopadhyay (@SudhanidhiB) October 17, 2026

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh called the incident unfortunate. He said that devotees were being taken to the Medical College Hospital following the incident at the Chorbagan Puja pandal in North Kolkata. Ghosh said that the details of how and why the incident occurred could be discussed later, but the priority right now was saving lives. He stressed the need to increase medical staff in hospitals.