India, March 7 -- After a smooth journey so far, the safety at college fests in Delhi University is again under scrutiny due to the recent reports of overcrowding and mismanagement at Sri Venkateswara College. On Wednesday, a huge crowd gathered outside the gates to attend the finale of the college's annual cultural fest, Nexus'25 where singer Javed Ali was to perform live.

Scary visuals started circulating on social media as the crowd tried to enter the gates of the college, situated at South Campus. The Reels show endless queues of students stretching far beyond the college gate, with a sea of bodies pushing and shoving each other, thus creating a stampede-like situation. "This was no festival, but a catastrophe waiting to happen... to...