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Mourning grips Baidyabati as Sriparna Poddar dies in stampede
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News18•18-10-2026, 21:25
Mourning grips Baidyabati as Sriparna Poddar dies in stampede
- •Twenty-seven-year-old Sriparna Poddar lost her life in a heavy crowd rush while visiting the Chorabagan Sarbojanin puja in Kolkata.
- •A resident of Malir Bagan in Baidyabati, Hooghly, Sriparna worked as a nurse at the Tata Cancer Centre.
- •She had gone to visit pandals with friends after finishing work on Saturday, but never returned home alive.
- •The tragic loss of their only child has left her parents utterly devastated and petrified with grief.
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A panic broke out among visitors after an announcement warned that the pandal could collapse at any moment during heavy rain, triggering a severe rush and stampede that resulted in multiple casualties.
Sriparna Poddar was a 27-year-old resident of Baidyabati, Hooghly, who worked as a nurse at the Tata Cancer Centre. She tragically lost her life in the stampede while visiting the Chorbagan pandal with her friends.
Kolkata Police registered suo motu cases, including charges of attempt to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and arrested multiple organizers. Additionally, a special investigative team was formed to monitor crowd safety at Kolkata pandals.
