After 19 deaths at Kolkata's Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, experts say AI-driven crowd monitoring technology could flag surges before crowds turn fatal.

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retired judge of the high court can be chosen by the West Bengal government

Kolkata, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal government on Wednesday announced the formation of a six-member judicial probe panel to investigate the stampede in the community Durga Puja pandal of Chorbagan Sarbojanin in Kolkata on the night of October 17 which claimed 19 human lives. According to the order issued by the West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal, the judicial probe panel will be led by Justice Anindita Roy Saraswati (retired) as the Chairperson. The other five members of the probe committee will be the Principal Secretary to the State Disaster Management and Civil Defence department, the Director General of the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police, a second representative from the state police in the rank of Additional Director General, a representative from the state Home and Hill Affairs department, not below the rank of Joint Secretary, and representative from the National Disaster Response Force in Kolkata.

People are searching for Chorbagan Sarbojanin as Kolkata’s Puja celebrations draw crowds

KOLKATA, India - Nineteen people died and 25 were injured in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pavilion in

চোরবাগান স্টাম্পেডে এক শিশুর মৃত্যু ঘটেছে। ঘটনাটি বাংলাদেশের চোরবাগান শহরে ঘটেছে। ঘটনার সময় একটি জনসমূহ স্থানে জমা হয়েছিল। সেই জনসমূহের মধ্যে একটি শিশু পড়ে গেছে। শিশুটি আহত হয়েছিল। আহত শিশুটি চিকি… · Photo : spDuchamp · CC BY · Flickr

Kolkata, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The sleuths of the cybercrime division of the Kolkata Police have started tracking social media handles attempting to spread misinformation about the October 17 stampede at the pandal of Chorbagan Sarbojanin community Durga Puja committee that claimed the lives of 19 people. The city police, at the same time, have cautioned the general public to refrain from spreading misinformation about the tragedy on social media or even sharing any post without cross-verification. The cops have also issued an appeal to people to bring to their notice any such misleading posts on social media about the tragedy.

Kolkata, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Calcutta High Court's Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to form a judicial probe commission with a retired justice of the high court of the state government's own choice leading it to probe the tragedy of the stampede at the pandal of Chorbagan Sarbojanin community Durga Puja committee on the night of October 17 killing a total of 19 people. Earlier, the West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal had sent a settler to the Office of Chief Justice Ghuge requesting the latter to nominate any sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court to probe the matter.

インド東部の西ベンガル州コルカタで10月17日、ヒンドゥー教の祭典「ドゥルガー・プージャ」の会場で群衆雪崩が起き、子供を含む19人が死亡、25人が負傷しました。 🚨 More shocking visuals coming from Chorbagan Sarbojonin Durga Puja pandal when the mass stampede happened ⚠️ People can been seen crying helpless. A wrong announcement led to confusion & p...

Chorbagan Sarbojanin has appeared in India’s trending searches as Kolkata’s festive season draws attention

India’s past-24-hour Google Trends feed features Naman Dhir, several football fixtures and Kolkata’s Chorbagan Sarbojanin