Overview

• Tamil Nadu reports about 39–40 deaths and more than 50 injuries after the crowd crush at Vijay’s TVK rally in Karur on September 27.
• Police say organisers expected roughly 10,000 people but about 27,000 gathered, with long waits in heat, scarce water and a reported power cut preceding the panic.
• The state set up a judicial probe led by Justice Aruna Jagadishin, lodged FIRs that include two TVK-linked leaders, and announced Rs 10 lakh ex gratia per bereaved family.
• Vijay expressed grief and separately announced Rs 20 lakh for each victim’s family and Rs 2 lakh for the injured, while TVK alleges a ‘conspiracy’ and plans to seek an independent probe in the Madras High Court.
• An ambulance-service owner alleges TVK workers attacked five ambulances and delayed rescues; authorities have noted the claim as investigations continue.