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Tragic Puja Loss: Father Heartbroken After Daughter Dies in Chorbagan Stampede
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News18•18-10-2026, 18:26
Tragic Puja Loss: Father Heartbroken After Daughter Dies in Chorbagan Stampede
- •Two Class 11 students from New Town's Gouranganagar, Tania Biswas and Barnali Haldar, died in a stampede at Chorbagan Sarbojonin on Saptami evening
- •The inseparable friends had gone pandal hopping wearing new Puja saris and told their families they would return soon
- •Barnali's father, a rickshaw puller, was devastated by the news and kept asking through his grief who would serve him rice upon returning home
- •Post-mortems are being conducted at Kolkata Medical College morgue as deep mourning engulfs the entire locality
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Tania Biswas and Barnali Haldar, two Class 11 students from New Town, tragically died due to a heavy crowd stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin puja pandal in north Kolkata on the evening of Saptami.
Barnali's father, Binod Haldar, a rickshaw puller who considered his daughter his life's biggest support, was completely shattered by grief and overwhelmed with sorrow, repeatedly asking who would serve him rice when he returns home.
Following the tragic stampede accident, post-mortems of the victims were carried out at the Kolkata Medical College morgue while devastated family members waited outside.
