Elphinstone Stampede: 'sad to see one of the stations I passed by everyday...' -Celebs condemn the incident!

The exact cause of the stampede was not known but witnesses claimed that a sudden rumour of a suspected electrical short-circuit triggered a panic run. Officials of BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC) Disaster Control, however, blamed it on overcrowding on the foot over bridge due to torrential rains as people took shelter there.

President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also expressed grief over the incident. Saddened and shocked to know about the tragic stampede at #Elphinstone railway station, foot over bridge (sic), Fadnavis tweeted. Following the incident, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team reached the site for rescue operation. [If you viewing this article on mobile, you may watch a tragic video shot by a commuter below!] A post shared by BIGG BOSS (@bigboss.season.11) on Sep 29, 2017 at 4:39am PDT

Niket Kaushik, GRP Commissioner, informed that the exact reasons for the accident are still to be inquired into. Western Railway PRO Anil Saxena, however, said that a chaos was created as a pedestrian slipped after a heavy rainfall on the foot over-bridge and added that a probe order has been issued by the Railway Ministry to look into the cause of the incident.

At least 22 people died and more than 30 were seriously injured on Friday in a stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone railway station. The stampede reportedly occurred at around 9.30 a.m. on foot over-bridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburban railway stations.

The injured have been admitted to KEM Hospital and other nearby hospitals. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said his ministry and the Maharashtra Government will give Rs. five lakh as ex gratia to each of the families of the 22 deceased who had lost their lives in the stampede here this morning. [If you viewing this article on mobile, you may watch a tragic video shot by a commuter below!] A post shared by Suraj Mourya (Mai Thinker) (@smourya305) on Sep 29, 2017 at 2:02am PDT

Raveena Tandon

John Abraham is shocked too and says he passes by Elphinstone station everyday and sends prayers for the families that lost their loved ones. Here's how other celebs reacted on the incident...

Choreographer Terence Lewis

Anil Kapoor

Cricketer Suresh Raina

TV actress Sneha Wagh

Composer Wajid Khan

Rahul Dev

Shekhar Kapur

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

Ranvir Shorey

Richa Chadha

Richa Chadha

Shekhar Kapur's tweet

Boman Irani

Anupam Kher

Is Mumbai a City of Dreams or a City of Nightmares, wonders filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. He is one among the many film celebrities to question the state of infrastructure which leads to human tragedies like the stampede which took place on a narrow railway footover bridge connecting the Parel-Elphinstone Road stations of Western Railway here.

Kabir Bedi

Shekhar posted series of tweets on this unfortunate incident..

Vivek Oberoi

Riteish Deshmukh