Call for Railway Stampede Probe Ignites Accountability Debate

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation MP Sudama Prasad has urged a probe into a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station that killed 18 people. Prasad questions the measures taken by railway authorities for ensuring passenger safety and the immediate cash compensation method to victims' families.

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation MP Sudama Prasad has called for an investigation into the deadly stampede at New Delhi Railway Station that took 18 lives.

At a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways meeting, Prasad presented a letter urging chairperson CM Ramesh for an impartial inquiry and public release of the report.

The stampede raised questions about the lack of crowd management and safety measures, with Prasad questioning immediate cash payouts to victims' families and lack of official accountability.

(With inputs from agencies.)