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Top officials of the Tamil Nadu authorities connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) sought to clarify rumours dispersed successful societal media connected the tragic stampede successful Karur that near 41 radical dormant and galore others injured during the rally organised by the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) past Saturday (September 27, 2025).
Showing a compilation of videos captured by assorted tv channels and others sources, apical officials explained however the assemblage that gathered respective hours earlier the accomplishment of TVK person Vijay astatine the venue swelled by evening.
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At a associated property briefing astatine the Secretariat, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Revenue, P. Amudha explained the sequences that led to the stampede. Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar, DGP G. Venkataraman and ADGP (Law and Order) S. Davidson Devasirtham besides participated.
Ms Amudha said the TVK announced that Mr Vijay would code the cadres by noon connected Saturday whereas helium came lone successful the night. A ample fig of radical had gathered since greeting and galore became bushed and dehydrated by the clip Mr Vijay arrived. The venue of the lawsuit - Velusamypuram - was finalised connected the petition of the organisers, she said.
Playing videos connected ample screens connected however the calamity unfolded, she said a batch of younker drove on with Mr Vijay’s conveyance to the venue which resulted successful the fig of radical expected astatine the rally going up by much than a double.
Ms Amudha said determination was nary powerfulness chopped arsenic alleged by a conception of radical successful societal media. Dismissing reports that a lathicharge led to the stampede, she said constabulary lone pushed radical to marque mode for the vehicles to move.
Responding to disapproval successful the societal media that the stampede was a fallout of quality failure, she said the organisers had expected lone 10,000 radical astatine the rally but the fig crossed 20,000 by 6 pm. The constabulary had planned for the assemblage anticipated by the party.
Mr Devasirvatham said the constabulary deployment was made successful a 1:20 (police-public) ratio. However, aft the assemblage accrued further manpower was called successful from neighbouring districts.
Asked if determination was an evacuation program to determination the radical to information successful the lawsuit of an exigency, helium said the roadworthy connected some sides was wide unfastened for radical to determination away. But the chose to survey guardant towards Mr Vijay’s vehicle. The full fig of attendees was 25,000 to 30,000.
Though determination were violations of information guidelines, it would not person been due to halt the rally oregon retreat support successful the past minute, the ADGP said.
Post-mortems done wrong rules
Health Secretary P. Senthil Kumar said post-mortems were done successful the nighttime good wrong the rules. Doctors and forensic experts were roped successful from different aesculapian colleges and the autopsy process was expeditiously done successful bully intention.
The archetypal SOS telephone came to a 108 ambulance stationed adjacent the venue of the rally astatine 7.14 p.m. and the conveyance reached the unfortunate successful 6 minutes. It was lone erstwhile the 2nd ambulance went successful the unit realised that determination were much casualties. A full of 33 ambulances, including 7 arranged by the party, were deployed to shifted the victims to the hospital, helium said.
