"Misleading": Ministry On Reports About Delhi Railway Station Stampede Probe

New Delhi:

The Railway Ministry on Tuesday dismissed as “wrong and misleading” media reports that a Railway Protection Force probe has found the February 15 stampede at the New Delhi station was caused by a last-minute announcement about a platform change for a train.

The ministry said the RPF has not conducted any inquiry into the incident, rather a probe is being carried out by a high-level committee set up by the Northern Railway.

In a press statement on Tuesday, the ministry said some media reports claimed the RPF has conducted an “inquiry” into the New Delhi railway station stampede and held that a last-moment announcement of change in the platform for a train led to the stampede.

These reports are “wrong and misleading” the ministry said, adding the inquiry is being conducted by the high-level committee constituted by the Northern Railway.

“More than 100 individual statements are being collected by the committee. After receiving all such statements, the committee will conduct a thorough examination, including cross-questioning to establish the exact sequence of events that led to the incident,” it said.