Kolkata, Oct. 19 -- Sonu Ojha, a resident of Chor Bagan, was chatting with two friends at a tea stall on Amar Basu Sarani, watching the crowd move towards the entrance of a puja pandal. It was drizzling, with occasional moderate spells. "We could feel that something wasn't right. People were anxious and getting restless to take shelter under some shade as most weren't carrying umbrellas. Then we heard that a stampede had started near the exit on Bhuban Banerjee Lane. All three of us rushed to the spot and what we saw was hell," said Ojha, 37, a TV mechanic who closed his shop for the puja. People were still rushing out of the pandal. Some lay unconscious on the road, while others were ill, gasping for breath or struggling to walk because of...