Mahakumbh 2025, Jan. 29 -- At least 15 people are feared dead and 70 others injured in a stampede that broke out at Sangam in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Wednesday morning.

Tens of thousands of devotees had turned up for a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of 'Mauni Amavasya' during the on going Mahakumbh when the stampede broke out at around 2:30 am.

Ambulances have been rushed to the ghat and injured persons were taken to the central hospital inside the Mela ground for treatment, according to reports. Several people injured in the stampede were rushed to the hospital, the reports said. Some of those rushed to the hospital were brought dead, though there was no official confirmation yet.

News agency AFP quoted a doctor sayi...