At least 15 people, including 10 women and three children, were killed in a crowd crush at a New Delhi railway station Saturday as passengers tried to board trains heading to the world’s largest religious gathering,

Fifteen people have been killed and 10 injured in a crush at New Delhi railway station, according to Indian media. Eyewitnesses told the BBC Hindi a "huge crowd" had gathered at the station, from where many people were travelling to and from the Hindu religious festival, the Kumbh Mela.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw expressed his grief at the death of people in a stampede that occurred Saturday evening at the New Delhi Railway Station. Track live updates here: New Delhi Railway Station Stampede Live Updates: 16 people dead, including two children

Thousands were gathered at New Delhi railway station waiting to board a train to the site of the Maha Kumbh Hindu festival.

The stampede was preceded by a swell in crowd of passengers waiting to board trains to Prayagraj -- where the Maha Kumbh is underway -- on platform numbers 14 and 15 of the station

A stampede broke out at New Delhi Railway Station late on Saturday evening as a sea of Maha Kumbh goers flocked platforms, leaving at least 15 people dead and many injured, officials confirmed. Eyewitnesses claimed that the overwhelming crowd caused many to faint due to suffocation.

A top official says at least 15 people have been killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): 15 people including 3 children, lost their lives as per Chief Casualty Medical Officer, LNJP hospital at a Stampede incident at New Delhi Railway Station. 10 others have also been injured at the incident.