Bengal toll rises to 6; kin of 2 victims claim yet to get death certificates

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The fig of those from West Bengal who were killed successful the Maha Kumbh stampede successful Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj has present accrued to six, authoritative sources said connected Friday.

After the families of immoderate of the deceased from West Bengal alleged that they are yet to get decease certificates, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Friday asked Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to scope retired to the Uttar Pradesh authorities connected the matter.

Sources successful the authorities medication said that Pant spoke to the officials acrophobic successful the Uttar Pradesh medication and besides directed the nonmigratory commissioner of Bengal, posted successful New Delhi, to scope retired to the Uttar Pradesh government.

At slightest 8 much radical hailing from West Bengal are inactive missing.

Officials identified the six who died arsenic Basanti Poddar (65), a nonmigratory of Golf Green, Kolkata, Amal Poddar (54), a nonmigratory of Siliguri of Malda district, Amiya Saha (33), Urmila Bhuiyan, 75, of Paschim Medinipur, Mithun Sharma (32) of Cooch Behar and Binod Ruidas, a Paschim Bardhaman resident.

The household members of Basanti Poddar and Binod Ruidas alleged that adjacent arsenic the mortal remains were received, the decease certificates are yet to beryllium sent.

State Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Aroop Biswas, who visited Basanti Poddar’s residence connected Thursday, said, “This shows the insensitive cognition of the Uttar Pradesh authorities towards pilgrims. It is besides creating galore ineligible complications. But our Chief Minister volition find immoderate solution.”

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For the relatives of missing persons, it has been an agonising wait.

Putul Roy, a nonmigratory of Siliguri, reached Sector 22 of the Mela country aft the calamity and informed her household members. However, determination has been nary connection from her simce and her telephone is switched off, her household members said.

“I person informed the constabulary presumption besides and shared representation of my parent connected societal media,” said her lad Jayant Roy.

Atri Mitra is simply a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with much than 20 years of acquisition successful reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering medication and governmental quality for much than 10 years and has a keen involvement successful governmental improvement successful West Bengal. Atri holds a Master grade successful Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's grade from Calcutta University. He is besides an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his vocation with starring vernacular regular the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked determination for much than 15 years. He worked arsenic Bihar analogous for much than 3 years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha predetermination and 2010 assembly elections. He besides worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha predetermination successful 2019. ... Read More

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