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Karur Collector M. Thangavel connected Sunday said 39 persons, who got caught successful the stampede during the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam person Vijay’s rally astatine Karur connected Saturday night, were ‘brought dead’ to infirmary from the spot. One of the injured succumbed during attraction connected Sunday taking the decease toll to 40.
Speaking to reporters astatine Karur Collectorate, Mr. Thangavel said the Chief Minister had sent aesculapian teams comprising 114 doctors and 23 nurses from Salem, Tiruchi, Dindigul, Namakkal, Coimbatore and Madurai to Karur to dainty the injured.
The Chief Minister besides sent the Collectors of Dindigul and Tiruchi to Karur overnight to transportation retired the works. A full fig of 16 forensic experts from different districts were sent to Karur.
About 110 injured persons were provided indispensable attraction without immoderate deficiency astatine the Government Medical College Hospital and different backstage hospitals successful Karur district. He said autopsies were conducted connected 39 dormant persons connected Saturday nighttime and the bodies were handed implicit to their respective families.
Uninterrupted powerfulness supply
The Chief Engineer of Tangedco, S. Rajalakshmi, said uninterrupted powerfulness proviso was provided erstwhile Mr Vijay was speaking astatine Velusamypuram. She denied charges from antithetic quarters that determination was interruption of powerfulness proviso during his speech. Ms. Rajalakshmi further said the generator and absorption lights enactment up by the lawsuit organisers were switched disconnected owed to congestion.
