Prayagraj, Feb. 2 -- Pilgrims at the Mahakumbh Mela dismissed social media allegations of mismanagement and defamation attempts, stating that 90 per cent of reports on Facebook and Instagram are fake.

They praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the smooth arrangements, urging people not to believe in rumours.

"It took us only two hours from the station to take a dip in Sangam," a devotee told ANI.

Devotees also termed the Mauni Amavasya incident as accidental and appealed for caution.

A stampede-like situation arose at Mahakumbh on January 29, in which at least 30 people were killed and 60 were injured. Till now twenty-five bodies have been identified.

The incident occurred as millions of devot...