Mismanagement by community leaders led to Mumbai stampede: Police

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 16:12

Mismanagement by community leaders and their failure to anticipate the number of people arriving to pay their last respect to the spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohras led to the stampede here Saturday morning that claimed 18 lives, preliminary police probe has established.

Shinde condoles death of 18 in Mumbai stampede

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 16:10

Union Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday expressed profound grief over death of 18 people in a stampede in Mumbai in a rush to pay last respects to the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin.

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin laid to rest in Mumbai, 70,000 mourners attend funeral

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 08:14

Dawoodi Bohra spiritual head Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who passed away on Friday morning, was laid to rest in a mausoleum on Saturday with full state honours.