Watch: Stampede-like situation as hundreds of job seekers turn up for walk-in interview in Mumbai's Kalina

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A massive crowd of job seekers gathered for a walk-in interview on Tuesday at Air India Airport Services Ltd in Mumbai's Kalina area, resulting in a stampede-like situation. Videos of the crowd doing rounds on social media show thousands of people rushing towards the interview centre. Some people can also be seen climbing vehicles and trees to reach the centre faster.

The incident took place on Tuesday morning and the situation was later brought under control. Despite the limited number of openings, a huge crowd gathered outside the recruitment office, leading to a stampede-like situation. Amid the rush, authorities had to intervene to prevent a potential stampede.

With their applications and documents in hand, the jobseekers assembled at gate no. 5 near the Sahar cargo complex after they came to know about the vacancy for the loader's post at the airport, an official from Sahar police station told PTI.

As the situation went out of hand, the applicants were asked to submit their resumes, applications and other documents and then leave the spot. Later, the airport authorities decided to call 200 applicants for interview, the official said.

All the applicants were freshers and most of them had just passed Class 12. "No untoward incident was reported and the situation was later brought under control," the official told PTI.

According to reports, the Air India Airport Services had opened walk-in interviews for 2,216 vacancies for the post of a handyman.

A similar stampede-like situation was witnessed on July 11 after some 800 persons turned up for walk-in interviews held by a firm for 40 vacancies in Ankleshwar in Gujarat's Bharuch district.

Videos of a massive queue, marked by pushing and shoving as aspirants tried to get a toehold on a ramp leading to the entrance of a hotel where the interview was being held, went viral on social media. The railing of the ramp finally collapsed, leading to several aspirants falling off, though no one was injured.

The incident triggered a verbal duel between the opposition Congress and the ruling BJP.

(With inputs from PTI)