Overview

• Officials reported 41 fatalities after a hospitalized woman died of injuries, with more than 60 others still under treatment and a few in critical condition.
• Karur police registered an FIR against TVK office-bearers under serious BNS provisions including culpable homicide and endangering life, while Vijay was not named.
• Retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan began a one-person commission’s inquiry with inspections of the site and hospitals in Karur.
• TVK petitioned the Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench for a CBI or independent probe, and an injured attendee sought a court bar on further TVK rallies until responsibility is fixed.
• Police cited overcrowding far beyond permitted numbers, delayed arrival of the leader, and lack of food and water as triggers; they said about 500 personnel were deployed and denied intelligence failure, and the power utility refuted reports of an outage at the venue.