BBC reports from scene of India's Kumbh Mela crush

Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain explain how the chaos unfolded in northern India.

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The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday at the Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious gathering in the world.

The BBC's Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain describe what they saw at different times and places to take us through this incident.

Video edited by Nikita Mandhani.

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