Summary:
Kolkata: Eleven persons were injured during a stampede at Burdwan railway station on Friday. The stampede occurred at the foot over-bridge in Burdwan railway station, when an express train and two EMU locals arrived at the station almost at the same time. While the Down Poorva Express arrived at platform number five on 3.14 pm, an EMU for Purulia was placed at platform number four on 3.10 pm from the car shed, which was scheduled to leave the platform at 3.25 pm. The injured passengers include two children and a woman. The incident reminds of a similar mishap in which two persons were killed and 17 injured in a stampede on a foot over-bridge at Santragachi railway station in Howrah last year..