KOCHI: It was the second day of Tech Fest, which was organized after the Covid-induced break, which ended in disaster. More than three thousand people were in the auditorium. Those present said that the children were trapped in the open auditorium, where the stage was below and the seats were arranged as a gallery above.

Students came in large numbers to listen to singer Nikhita Gandhi's concert. The auditorium is below road level. The gates were closed before the concert started. When it started raining, people tried to get inside en masse which resulted in the gate getting broken. The descent caused hundreds of people in front to fall, those behind fell on top of them and rolled down. The students said that those behind did not know that those in front had fallen.

Sources at the Medical College Hospital revealed that the death occurred due to getting trampled and suffocating. Although the deceased were not seriously injured, their internal organs were severely damaged. Students from all departments were present.

As they were inside the campus, there was a delay in getting the vehicles to take the injured to the hospital. The students started the rescue operation by calling the vehicles that came from outside. The injured were rushed to the nearby medical college. All four had lost their lives before reaching the hospital.