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The identities of 39 persons who were killed successful the stampede during the predetermination run of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam person Vijay successful Karur connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) nighttime person been established.
In Pictures: Stampede astatine Vijay’s TVK rally successful Karur
Emergency unit rapidly unreserved an injured idiosyncratic from the TVK rally stampede to the Karur General Hospital, connected September 27, 2025.
Chappals strewn crossed the crushed are disposable successful the aftermath of a stampede astatine histrion and TVK main Vijay’s rally successful Karur connected September 27, 2025. At slightest 39 radical were killed and much than 80 injured successful the stampede.
Actor and TVK main Vijay watches an ambulance trying to navigate a way done the assemblage connected September 27, 2025. The organisers had announced that TVK president Vijay would talk astatine 12 noon. The assemblage began to assemble from 9 a.m., but helium did not get astatine the scheduled time.
Anxious relatives stitchery extracurricular the infirmary wherever the injured were being treated aft a stampede astatine TVK rally successful Karur.
The State Government has announced a committee to beryllium headed by retired justice Aruna Jagadeesan to probe into the circumstances that led to the stampede, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin visits the infirmary to conscionable the injured persons. He announced a solatium of ₹10 lakh each to the families of those who died successful the stampede, and ₹1 lakh for those who were injured and are being treated successful hospitals.
This presumption shows the country of the run venue astatine Veluchamy Puram successful Karur wherever a precocious fig of casualties were reported.
The crowd, which began to assemble from 9 a.m., dilatory grew successful size arsenic the time progressed.
There were astir little than 4,000 radical by 2 p.m. The supporters, who came from antithetic parts of Karur and adjacent Erode and Coimbatore districts, began to surge astir 4 p.m., aft learning that Mr. Vijay was connected his mode to Karur aft having completed a rally successful Namakkal.
Many of them, including women with children, continued to hold for him successful spite of the scorching sun, and immoderate of them adjacent skipped luncheon to support their spots. The organisers kept playing specially penned run songs to prosecute the crowd. Mr. Vijay reached the designated spot lone astatine 7 p.m.
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin visits the infirmary to enquire astir the wellness information of the injured, successful Karur connected September 28, 2025.
AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami enquires an injured idiosyncratic astatine the Karur Medical College Hospital, connected September 28, 2025.
BJP leaders Nainar Nagendran and Tamilisai Soundararajan sojourn the injured admitted astatine the hospital, connected September 28, 2025.
A presumption of the Karur Medical College Hospital wherever the injured persons person been admitted and are being treated. The Karur territory medication has acceptable up exigency helplines for those seeking accusation connected victims of the stampede. Residents tin interaction the District Collectorate Emergency Control Room astatine 04324-256306 oregon via WhatsApp astatine 7010806322.
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Police sources said the victims were:
- M. Thamaraikannan (25) of Baganatham successful Dindigul territory
- A. Hemalatha (28) of Vishwanathapuri successful Karur territory
- A. Sailakshna (8) of Vishwanathapuri successful Karur territory
- A. Saijeeva (4) of Vishwanathapuri successful Karur territory
- D. Suganya (33), Karur
- M. Akash (23), Karur
- I. Dhanushkumar (24) of Sengal colony successful Karur territory
- M. Vadivazhagan (54) of Pasupathipalayam successful Karur territory
- M. Revathi (52) of Erode territory
- S. Chandra (40) of Emur successful Karur territory
- V. Guruvishnu (2) of Velusamypuram successful Karur territory
- P. Ramesh (32) of Kodangipatti successful Karur territory
- R. Sanojvarshan (13) of Thanthoni colony successful Karur territory
- M. Ravikrishnan (32) of LNS colony successful Karur territory
- S. Priyadarshini (35) of Emur colony successful Karur territory
- S. Tharanika (14) of Emur colony successful Karur territory
- P. Palaniammal (11) of Velusamypuram successful Karur territory
- P. Kokila (14) of Velusamypuram successful Karur territory
- S. Maheswari (45) of Arukampalayam successful Karur territory
- M. Ajita (21) of Aravakurichi successful Karur territory
- K. Malathi (36) of Rayanur North successful Karur territory
- M. Sumathi (50), Karur
- B. Manikandan (33) of Vellakoil successful Tiruppur territory
- D. Satish Kumar (34) of Kodumudi successful Erode territory
- S. Krithikyadav (7), Karur
- M. Anand (26) of Sukkampatti successful Salem territory
- B. Sankar Ganesh (45) of Gujiliamparai successful Dindigul territory
- S. Vijayarani (42) of Thazhaipatti successful Karur territory
- J. Gokulapriya (28) of Vellakoil successful Tiruppur territory
- P. Fathima Banu (29) of Oddanchathram successful Dindigul territory
- G. Kishore (17) of Karur
- S. Jaya (55) of Vengamedu successful Karur territory
- K. Arukani (60) of Emur colony successful Karur territory
- S. Jayanthi (43) of Velayuthampalayam successful Karur territory
- S. Kokilasri (27) of Uppidamangalam successful Karur territory
- K. Srinath (15) of Mettur successful Salem territory
- K. Mohan (19) of Jambai successful Erode territory
- P. Prithik (10) of Emur colony successful Karur territory
- S. Brindha (22) of Senthamangalam eastbound colony successful Karur territory
The sources said the autopsy were conducted connected 35 bodies truthful acold and handed implicit to their respective household members.
