A rush-hour stampede at a railway station in Mumbai has killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more.
Indian police said it was triggered by a rumour that a pedestrian bridge was collapsing, sparking chaos as passengers surged forwards to flee.
A railway spokesman said the stampede happened on the footbridge that had been particularly busy as passengers, who had been taking shelter from heavy rain, tried to leave the station at the same time.
The incident at Elphinstone station, which connects two of the west-coast city's major local lines, came amid overcrowding and heavy rain.
City police officer Rajaram Patel said at least 22 people were killed and another 20 injured when panicked pedestrians pushed forwards to the end of the overcrowded bridge, with some people falling underfoot and being trampled.
Police had said the stampede came amid a rumor that the bridge was collapsing after some chunks of concrete had fallen.
Politician Shaina Nana Chudasama, of the governing Bhartiya Janata party, said people had been huddling under the canopy covering the bridge to escape heavy rains, making the deadly tragedy worse.
Tanaji Pawar, a spokesman for Mumbai's disaster management unit, warned that the death toll "is likely to go up".
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