Eyewitnesses and hospital sources have told the BBC that at least a dozen people have been killed in Wednesday morning's crush at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. There is, however, still no word from the government on what happened or the number of casualties.

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India's Prayagraj city,