Kolkata17 people died in a Durga Puja crush.
Another 35 to 40 were injured, and Modi pledged 2 lakh rupees to each bereaved family.
Police say rain drove a dense crowd at the pandal’s exit gate, which eyewitnesses call narrow and poorly lit.
“Where was the police when the actual incident took place?” asked West Bengal Congress president Subhankar Sarkar.
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah visits the injured on Sunday as police investigate the crush.
How each outlet framed it
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- News18 leans critical
- attributes the crush to rain and narrow exits, citing eyewitness accounts of poor lighting at the pandal
- Zee News
- lists Murmu, Modi and Shah's condolences and Shah postponing his Sunday schedule to visit the injured
- Oneindia
- details the Rs 2 lakh PMNRF ex-gratia payment announced for next of kin and the injured