malad-stamped Mumbai: Many people are feared injured in a stampede at a naval base in Mumbai’s Malad, where thousands of candidates had gathered for a recruitment drive on Friday morning.

Reports suggest the situation went out of control when around 6,000 candidates showed up at the base, INS Hamla, instead of the expected 4,000, and a large crowd tried to rush through the gate all at once.

The police had to use batons to control the crowd.

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The navy said two people have been injured and are being treated. “We were expecting a good response from volunteers.

However the response was overwhelming and crowd control created a bit of confusion in the early hours, which was subsequently handled very efficiently by the local police and Navy officials,” the Navy said in a statement.