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The Karur police on Monday (September 29, 2025) picked up Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's (TVK) Karur West district secretary V.P. Mathiyazhagan near the Karur-Dindigul border for inquiry in connection with the stampede at party president and actor Vijay's rally that claimed 41 lives. He was named as accused number one in the First Information Report registered by the Karur district police. Karur stampede: a package on the tragedy at Vijay's TVK rally in Tamil Nadu Police said a case has been registered against him under sections 109, 110, 125(b), and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, for alleged violations of norms during the campaign event at Velusamypuram. Further investigation into the incident is under way.
Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has approached the Supreme Court. They are challenging a Madras High Court order. This order constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the Karur stampede. The incident tragically claimed 41 lives. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plea. This is for an independent investigation under its supervision. Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court ...Read More >
Tens of thousands of people were gathered in sweltering heat in Tamil Nadu state's Karur for a political rally by Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Vijay, when the stampede began. Vijay, one of India's most successful actors, launched his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, in 2024. He's running for office in the state election scheduled to be held in early 2026. A 65-year-old woman, identified as Suguna, was the latest victim to succumb at the Karur Government Medical Colle ...Read More >
TRICHY/CHENNAI: Even as the state govt formed special teams to nab senior TVK functionaries, the govt faced flak from its own allies for 'sparing' TVK president Vijay from legal action in the Karur stampede case.VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday questioned the state govt for not booking Vijay, while only second rung leaders of TVK have been named in the FIR related to the stampede that claimed 41 lives. Stating that the police action to leave out Vijay's name was shocking, Thirumavalavan ...Read More >
Karur: The deadly stampede at actor Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur has left the country in shock, claiming 41 lives and injuring 60 others. The Tamil Nadu police have initiated a probe and arrested Mathiazhagan, the district secretary of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), for his alleged role in the incident. Mathiazhagan was named the prime accused in the FIR registered following the incident. As per the police, the FIR also names three other party office-bearers: Bussy N Anand (state general secretary) and CTR Nirmal Kumar (state joint secretary). According to the FIR, the TVK functionari ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Police in India registered a criminal case against leaders of Tamil actor Vijay's political party after a stampede at his rally killed 39 people, a senior police official said on Sunday. The dead included children and more than 50 people were injured in Saturday's stampede in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where Vijay was campaigning for his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party ahead of state elections early next year. Tamil Nadu police filed the case, the first step toward potential charges, "against TVK party senior leaders Bussy Anand, Nirmal Kumar and V P Mathiyalagan, and the inves ...Read More >
Karur City Police have arrested two functionaries of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in connection with the stampede during party chief Vijay's rally in Karur, which claimed 41 lives. According to ADGP Davidson Devasirvatham, the arrested persons include Mathiyazhagan, the TVK Karur West District Secretary, and Paun Raj, a local town functionary. Police said Paun Raj was arrested for arranging flagpoles and banners for the event and for sheltering Mathiyazhagan after the tragedy. Chennai Poli ...Read More >
Chennai: NTK chief coordinator Seeman flayed actor and TVK president Vijay for meeting families of Karur stampede tragedy victims on Monday saying that the actor did it on purpose to divert attention from the death anniversary of freedom fighters Maruthu brothers."Maruthu brothers died fighting valiantly against the British. Vijay deliberately met the families on Monday to mask the glorious history of Maruthu brothers and their contribution to the freedom struggle," Seeman told reporters in Madur ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 28 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin chaired a high-level review meeting at the auditorium of the Government Medical College Hospital on Sunday in the wake of the stampede incident during actor Vijay's public rally in Karur. The meeting was held to assess the ongoing medical treatment and assistance being provided to those injured in the stampede, and to discuss further measures required. Also Read | Gurugram: Police Bust Call Centre Selling Fake Sex Enhancement Drugs via Misleading Instagram and Facebook Ads, Arrest 11 Including ...Read More >
Karur Stampede: Actor-politician Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has claimed that the deadly stampede at its rally in Karur was not an accident but the result of a conspiracy involving ruling party figures. The incident on Saturday left 40 people dead, including 10 children, and nearly 100 injured. TVK's legal team has now petitioned the Madras High Court, demanding that the case be transferred either to a Special Investigation Team or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). TVK's lawyer and state legal wing coordinator, Arivazhagan, alleged foul play. "There was a conspira ...Read More >
At least 29 people were killed and about 50 were injured at a rally held by Tamil actor and politician Vijay in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Hindu newspaper reported on Saturday, citing the state's Health Minister Ma. Subramanian. Large crowds had gathered for the meeting, part of Vijay's ongoing state tour for his political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, the report said. Vijay, who goes by only one name, is campaigning ahead of state elections that are to be held early next ye ...Read More >
Chennai: Days after a rally led by him in Tamil Nadu's Karur witnessed 41 stampede deaths, TVK founder, actor Vijay, Tuesday said he hasn't visited the affected persons so far as his presence there would lead to an "unusual situation." Challenging Chief Minister M K Stalin, Vijay said the CM could "do anything to him," but not his party colleagues. He insisted he did nothing wrong and that the truth behind the fatal incident would come out. The top actor said he has never faced such a "painful situation" in his life. "I didn't visit Karur as it would lead to an unusual situation. I will mee ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday raised eyebrows on the two seemingly conflicting orders passed by the Madras High Court over the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu, one declining a plea for a CBI probe (passed by Madurai bench) and another directing a probe by a Special Investigation Team (passed by principal bench) of the high court. Verbally observing that "there has to be some propriety in the system", a division bench comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria reserved its orders on a ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A single-member judicial commission of Madras High Court's Justice Aruna Jagadeesan (retd), appointed by the Tamil Nadu government to probe the catastrophic stampede that killed 40 people at a political rally addressed by actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President Vijay in Karur's Velusamipuram, began its work on Sunday. The commission will examine crowd control measures, safety protocols, and possible lapses in event management that led to the tragedy. Officials said the death toll includes 27 residents of Karur district, while two victims each came ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 28 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin chaired a high-level review meeting at the auditorium of the Government Medical College Hospital on Sunday in the wake of the stampede incident during actor Vijay public rally in Karur. The meeting was held to assess the ongoing medical treatment and assistance being provided to those injured in the stampede, and to discuss further measures required. Udhayanidhi visited the hospital to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the tragic stampede during the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam political ...Read More >
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Vijay remained inside his campaign vehicle for an extended period at the rally venue in Karur on Saturday which led to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd, according to a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Tamil Nadu Police in the stampede incident that killed 41 people and left 60 injured. The police has not filed any case against Vijay, but an FIR has been registered against three key leaders of his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). The ...Read More >
Congress leader P Chidambaram attributed the Karur stampede, which killed 41 people at actor Vijay's rally, to "error on all sides," suggesting solutions to the TN Chief Secretary. Following the tragic incident, Vijay, Prime Minister Modi, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK announced substantial financial compensation for the victims' families and the injured. Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that "there is an error on all sides" regarding the stampede during a political rally in Karur ...Read More >