India, Feb. 17 -- The Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) showed that 2,600 extra tickets were booked on Saturday between 6 pm and 8 pm, the same day the deadly stampede occurred at New Delhi Railway Station, The Indian Express reported.

The stampede took place around 10 pm when a surge of passengers, disoriented by conflicting train announcements, hurried towards platform 16 via a narrow staircase. This resulted in 18 deaths and more than a dozen injuries.

On average, around 7,000 tickets are booked at New Delhi Railway Station between 6 pm and 8 pm each day. However, on the day of the incident, over 9,600 general-class tickets were sold during this period.

The report further mentioned that over 54,000 general class tickets were booked ...