Overview

• The Special Investigation Team led by IG Asra Garg launched on‑site inquiries at Velusamypuram, with an 11‑member unit inspecting the area and recording statements.
• Following High Court criticism over inaction, police registered an FIR naming Vijay’s campaign bus and booked its driver under BNS Section 281 after convoy collisions captured on video.
• Karur district secretary Mathiyazhagan has been arrested, police formed special teams to trace Namakkal leader N. Satish Kumar after his bail was rejected, and TVK’s Bussy N. Anand and C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar have moved the Supreme Court for anticipatory bail.
• Writer Perumal Murugan’s account of Vijay’s earlier Namakkal stop described long waits, scarce water, fainting and lax crowd control on the same day, highlighting conditions that preceded the Karur crush.
• Political fault lines deepened as BJP figures and an NDA MPs’ report blamed administrative failure and called the tragedy preventable, while CM M.K. Stalin promised full accountability and statewide SOPs for rallies.