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The Madras High Court connected Sunday (September 28, 2025) agreed to perceive astatine 4.30 p.m. an urgent plea moved to restrain Tamil Nadu Director General of Police/Head of Police Force from granting support for immoderate benignant of nationalist meetings, rallies oregon nationalist gatherings by histrion C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) until the completion of an enquiry into the decease of 39 radical astatine his rally successful Karur connected Saturday (September 27).
Justice N. Senthilkumar, the Dussehra abrogation justice holding the transgression portfolio, agreed to perceive a petition filed by N. Senthilkannan of Karur territory to implead him arsenic 1 of the respondents successful a pending lawsuit filed by TVK, and contented consequential directions to the DGP. The impleading petitioner insisted the enactment should not beryllium allowed to behaviour immoderate nationalist gathering until effectual information protocols were enactment successful spot aft inquiry.
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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TVK had approached the High Court complaining astir “onerous” conditions being imposed by the Tamil Nadu constabulary for the run being carried retired by its president crossed the State. During the proceeding of the case, Justice N. Sathish Kumar had taken superior enactment of the harm being caused to nationalist arsenic good arsenic backstage properties during the nationalist gatherings conducted by governmental parties.
During the proceeding of TVK’s lawsuit connected September 18, Justice Kumar had impressed upon the request for the State to cod information deposits from each governmental parties, whenever they mean to clasp nationalist meetings oregon specified different events, and usage the wealth to compensate the nonaccomplishment caused to public/private properties by enactment cadres. He called for formulation of guidelines for the intent of collecting information deposits.
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However, connected September 24, erstwhile an Assistant Inspector General of Policer serving successful the bureau of the DGP/HoPF filed an affidavit stating determination were nary ineligible provisions to cod specified information deposit to indemnify the nonaccomplishment to public/private property, the justice expressed displeasure and suo motu impleaded the Chief Secretary and the Home Secretary arsenic parties to the lawsuit for taking a argumentation determination by October 16.
It was successful this petition that an impleading petition had present been filed and agreed to beryllium heard urgently by abrogation justice Justice N. Senthilkumar since helium holds the transgression portfolio during the Dussehra abrogation from September 27, 2025 to October 5, 2025.
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In the meantime, TVK advocator S. Arivazhagan met Justice M. Dhandapani, the abrogation justice for the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court during this week and requested to instrumentality up an urgent plea to moved by his enactment for proceeding by a Division Bench of the High Court.
Justices Dhandapani and Justice M. Jothiraman agreed to perceive connected Monday (September 29) day the lawsuit to beryllium filed by TVK, for preventing immoderate benignant of coercive enactment against it.
