Singer Nikhita Gandhi releases statement after 4 students died at her Kochi concert

Singer Nikhita Gandhi released a statement after 4 students died in a stampede at her Kochi concert on Saturday evening. The students died in a stampede at Cochin University's annual festival and Kerala government has now ordered a probe into the incident.

Later, Nikhita took to Instagram to share her statement. “Heartbroken and devastated by what took place this evening in Kochi. Such an unfortunate incident took place before I could even leave for the venue for the performance. No words are possibly enough to express this profound grief. My prayers go out to the families of the students,” she wrote and turned off comments on her post.


While initial reports suggested that the stampede occurred during the Nikitha Gandhi musical performance, officials later said that the singer had not begun her performance when the tragedy struck. "The entry to the programme was restricted to ticket holders. However, several local residents were also outside the auditorium during the musical show," an eyewitness told the media.

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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held an emergency meeting at a government guest house in Kozhikode in the wake of the tragedy and condoled the death of students.

Nikhita is known for singing songs such as 'Leke Prabhu Ka Naam' in recently-released 'Tiger 3', 'Ordinary Person' in 'Leo', and 'Wine Desi' in 'Thank You For Coming'.

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