Karur stampede: one-man commission to investigate incident just a ritual, says Seeman

The constitution of the one-woman Inquiry Commission into the Karur stampede is conscionable a ritual, said Naam Tamilar Katchi person Seeman present connected Sunday.

Speaking to reporters aft calling connected the injured astatine the Karur Government Medical College Hospital, helium pointed retired that Justice Aruna Jagadeesan had headed the committee to probe the Thoothukudi firing incidental during the erstwhile regime. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin promised enactment connected the committee study wrong 2 months. But the officials progressive person lone been transferred and promoted, helium observed.

The nonaccomplishment of lives is precise saddening, and the stampede should and could person been avoided, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss said. The constabulary should person anticipated the assemblage and provided amended security. Mr. Vijay had travel 7 hours precocious and the radical had been waiting nether the sun. Such incidents should not hap astatine slightest successful future, helium said.

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Selvaperunthagai described it arsenic a large catastrophe aft the stampede astatine the 1992 Kumbakonam mahamagam. Permission should beryllium granted for specified meetings with attraction and authorities should hole work for the incident, helium said and announced that fiscal assistance of Rs.1 crore volition beryllium fixed to the families of the victims connected behalf of the party.

Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam person T.T.V.Dhinakaran said each governmental parties should larn a acquisition from the incidental and enactment responsibly successful future. Former BJP State president K. Annamalai and erstwhile Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam called for a CBI probe into the incident.

Mr. Paneerselvam said that elaborate information should person been provided anticipating the turnout. Former interim wide caput of the AIADMK, V.KSasikala blamed constabulary negligence for the stampede and demanded that the Centre should intervene arsenic a authorities probe was not enough.