Overview
- CBI officers reached Karur, visited the Velusamypuram site, and set up a temporary office after the September 27 rally stampede that killed 41.
- SP Praveen Kumar, with Addl SP Mukesh Kumar and Dy SP Ramakrishnan, initiated a preliminary inquiry that includes meetings with survivors and victims’ families.
- The Supreme Court stayed the Madras High Court SIT and the state commission, and the SIT handed investigation documents to the central agency.
- A three-member panel headed by retired Justice Ajay Rastogi will oversee the probe, with two non–Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officers to be appointed to the committee.
- Political fault lines widened as Chief Minister M.K. Stalin blamed a seven-hour delay and poor crowd control, TVK leaders rejected those claims and alleged targeting by the state, and Vijay postponed a planned condolence visit.