NEW : A local official arrives , claiming responsibility for the incident . Local media report grim scenes of bodies spread across the floor at the station . Khan , who is also the minister for urban development in Uttar Pradesh , the state where Allahabad is situated , said he was taking responsibility for the fatal disaster . The rail station incident mars the world 's largest religious festival . An estimated one million Hindu pilgrims came to fish in the Ganges River .
NEW : A local official arrives , claiming responsibility for the incident . Local media report grim scenes of bodies spread across the floor at the station . The rail station incident mars the world 's largest religious festival . An estimated one million Hindu pilgrims came to fish in the Ganges River .