‘As panic struck, people scattered, cries for help replaced holy chants’
At 1am, we joined the flow of humanity. We were 30m from the photographers’ stage when the crowd suddenly stopped,” write TOI photographers Basabdatta Sarkar & Krishna Roy. “There was a pushback, followed by screams… Holy chants turned to cries for help.” Since we arrived Sunday in Prayagraj, all we heard were chants of “Har … Read more