At least 15 people are feared dead and many more injured in a stampede as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India.
Several pilgrims were injured, some seriously, in the stampede between 1am and 2am local time on Wednesday as they tried to jump barricades erected for the movement of religious saints, Uttar Pradesh state's top elected official, Yogi Adityanath, said in a televised statement.
