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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay connected Sunday (September 28, 2025) said the death of 39 people, including children, successful a stampede astatine his party’s rally successful Karur connected September 27 arsenic an irreparable nonaccomplishment and nary words of comfortableness tin genuinely easiness the symptom of losing loved ones. He besides announced ₹20 lakh would beryllium fixed to the families of each of those who died and ₹2 lakh to those injured and undergoing treatment.
In a station connected X, Mr. Vijay described the incidental arsenic beyond imaginativeness and heartrending. “In this infinitesimal of unbearable grief, arsenic we mourn the nonaccomplishment of our beloved ones, I conflict to find words to explicit the symptom I feel. My eyes and bosom are filled with anguish. The faces of each of you whom I met [at Karur] support flashing crossed my mind,” helium said.
என் நெஞ்சில் குடியிருக்கும் அனைவருக்கும் வணக்கம்.
கற்பனைக்கும் எட்டாத வகையில், கரூரில் நேற்று நிகழ்ந்ததை நினைத்து, இதயமும் மனதும் மிகமிகக் கனத்துப் போயிருக்கும் சூழல். நம் உறவுகளை இழந்து தவிக்கும் பெருந்துயர்மிகு மனநிலையில், என் மனம் படுகிற வேதனையை எப்படிச் சொல்வதென்றே…
Mr Vijay had returned to Chennai from Karur aft the gathering past night. At the Tiruchi airport, helium did not respond to questions from journalists astir the quality tragedy.
In Pictures: Stampede astatine Vijay’s TVK rally successful Karur
Emergency unit rapidly unreserved an injured idiosyncratic from the country successful Karur 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. 39 radical died and implicit 80 radical were injured, owed to the stampede.
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 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. The assemblage 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.
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.
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.
BJP leaders Nainar Nagendran and Tamilisai Soundararajan sojourn the injured admitted astatine the hospital, connected September 28, 2025.
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Expressing condolences successful his societal media post, helium said, “This is an irreparable loss. No words of comfortableness tin genuinely easiness the symptom of losing our loved ones. Yet, arsenic a subordinate of your family, I consciousness it is my work to basal by you astatine this time. I truthful mean to supply ₹20 lakh each to the families of those who mislaid their lives and ₹2 lakh each to those who were injured and undergoing treatment. Though this sum is nary lucifer for the loss, it is my work to basal with you successful this hr of grief.”
He besides prayed for the speedy betterment of each the injured and assured that his enactment would widen afloat enactment to those undergoing treatment.
