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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court connected Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into the stampede that occurred astatine Vijay's TVK rally successful Tamil Nadu's Karur, noting that "fair and impartial probe is simply a close of the citizens".The apical tribunal has besides appointed a three-member sheet headed by retired SC justice Ajay Rastogi to supervise the CBI probe successful the case.The Tamil Nadu authorities told the Supreme Court that the victim’s household has said they did not record the petition connected whose plea the CBI probe was ordered, terming it a fraud connected the court. The tribunal said it would analyse the contented and clarified that its bid is interim.The apex tribunal besides noted that the 2 petitioners claiming they did not record the petition seeking a CBI probe would not impact its order, arsenic determination were different petitions that had besides sought a CBI probe."We person referred the judgement of the authorities of West Bengal connected protecting antiauthoritarian rights and looking astatine the concern which has raised concerns implicit cardinal rights 1. Handover probe to CBI- determination can't beryllium uncertainty that just and impartial probe is close of the citizens. 2.SIT Committee to show investigation- the probe to beryllium headed by retired Supreme Court justice and 2 IPS officers shall show the probe to beryllium carried retired by CBI," the tribunal noted arsenic per the Live Law.
The Karur stampede occurred connected September 27, 2025, during a nationalist rally organised by actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) successful Veluswamypuram, Karur district, Tamil Nadu. The event, meant to beryllium a governmental gathering, turned tragic aft monolithic overcrowding. Organisers expected astir 10,000 people, but reports suggest that implicit 25,000–30,000 turned up. Vijay, who was scheduled to get astir noon, reached the venue lone by 7.40pm, aft thousands had waited for hours successful the vigor without capable shade, food, oregon drinking water.
As the assemblage surged toward the signifier to drawback a glimpse of him, radical began collapsing adjacent the barricades. Panic dispersed quickly, starring to a deadly stampede. Several people, including women and children, were killed oregon injured. Authorities aboriginal said mediocre assemblage control, inadequate barricading, and a deficiency of exigency arrangements contributed to the tragedy.
