'Finally, a cop confirmed our darkest thoughts,' says Vaishno Devi stampede victim.

While New Year's Eve celebrations began at midnight across the country, Shweta's family will remember the night as a tragedy.

On New Year's Day, Shweta Singh, 30, was one of several persons from Ghaziabad's Vartalok neighborhood who went to Vaishno Devi for a darshan. While New Year's Eve celebrations began at midnight across the country, Shweta's family will remember the night as a tragedy.

Shweta and a group of individuals from the Vartalok colony, where she lived, left Ghaziabad on December 27 for Vaishno Devi. On the way, a couple more people joined the group.

On Friday, the travelers decided to undertake the ascent to the temple.

Shweta is believed to have arrived near the sanctum sanctorum after midnight, according to the family. Shweta was the only one of those who left the colony who would never return, as she returned home on Saturday.

"At around 2.45 a.m., we received a panic call from Shweta's sister, reporting that she was missing." Sangeeta Singh, a relative, stated, "She has terribly injured herself." "We called Shweta's phone over and again, but no one answered." A police officer eventually took up the phone about 4 a.m. and verified our worst fears."

Shweta and her sister were reportedly near Gate Number 3 of the temple, surrounded by hundreds of people, according to her family. The throng became violent within seconds, and there was a stampede-like situation, according to a family member at her Ghaziabad house.

"Shweta kept shouting, 'don't let go of my hand,' but it was impossible to preserve balance," Sangeeta recounted. "The surge of people forced Sarita to a new location; Shweta was nowhere to be found."

Shweta, a native of Muzaffarpur, worked as an architect for a firm in Delhi's Connaught Place. Rustom Singh, her husband, is a Merchant Navy officer currently stationed in Indonesia. They've been married for five years.

The family believes the catastrophe was caused by the administration. "The government distributed yatra tickets to a large number of individuals.”There was no social separation because there was a stampede," Sangeeta explained. "It's a significant event."