India, Oct. 18 -- At least 19 people were killed and 25 were injured in a stampede at a prominent puja pandal in central Kolkata on Saturday evening.

While police arrested seven persons and booked them under sections dealing with culpable homicide not amounting murder, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said that the state government would set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a sitting judge of the Calcutta high court to probe into the incident.

"The chief secretary will write to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta high court in this regard. It is up to the Chief Justice whether he allows a sitting judge to head the SIT. Else we will appoint a retired judge of the Calcutta high court to head the SIT," Adhikari said...