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A new video captures the sequence of events leading up to a deadly stampede at a Kolkata Durga Puja pandal. The footage shows sudden heavy rainfall triggering visitors to rush and crowd together to seek shelter. Earlier visuals from October 16 and October 17 had already shown barricades being breached by surging crowds in the exact same lane, raising questions about police crowd management and arrangements. A special task force has been formed to investigate the matter as more video evidence comes to light.

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00:01Showing the situation exactly that panned out,
00:04let's take you to one aspect that's clearly been highlighted,
00:07which is the rains that had come in, the sudden showers that poured in.
00:11This is a certain video, you can see people carrying umbrellas.
00:15It shows, it captures the fact that there was heavy rain
00:18and then you can see them rush through this very area.
00:23This video captures the entirety of the sequence of events
00:27showing how the crowd started surging amid the rainfall.
00:31The new video that's come to light now captures the moments right before the deadly stampede
00:36and you can see people rushing in at this given point to just save themselves from the rain.
00:42The Kolkata Pujo Pandal stampede that's taken place, let's take you through these visuals.
00:47The crowd rushes in as the rain begins.
00:50The rain triggered the crowd to surge before the stampede took place.
00:53This is on camera, you can see the visitors rush towards the panned.
00:56Now one question that comes to light here, that we have also been mounting,
01:01a similar video of the kind, of this exact same lane but from a different angle
01:07had surfaced and had been doing the rounds since, in fact, October 16th itself.
01:16Showing the crowd in this very lane.
01:19And that very day, in that very video footage that I am speaking of,
01:23you could see that the police had put barricades just to keep the crowd in check
01:28but the barricades had been breached because of the surging crowd.
01:32So if this is a situation that had already been flagged on two subsequent days,
01:37that is October 16th and October 17th, Friday and Saturday,
01:40why is it that the police didn't make enough arrangements?
01:44That remains to be another question.
01:46But yes, as these videos keep coming to light,
01:50more and more of information also is provided to the Special Task Force
01:55that's been formed to investigate the entire matter.

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