Kolkata, Oct. 18 -- Congress leader Suman Roy Chaudhuri on Sunday questioned the West Bengal government's reported death toll of 19 in the stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata, claiming that the actual number of deaths and injuries could be higher.

He also criticised the police administration, alleging that inadequate deployment of personnel contributed to lapses in crowd management.

"First of all, the figure of 19 deaths is according to the government. According to us and our sources, even more people have died than that, and there are more injured as well," Chaudhuri told ANI.

Questioning the functioning of the police administration, Congress leader alleged that the West Bengal government used the p...