Overview

• Tamil Nadu’s DGP said organisers anticipated about 10,000 people but roughly 27,000 gathered, with Vijay arriving around 7:40 p.m. after an expected midday appearance and many attendees lacking food and water.
• Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced a commission led by Justice Aruna Jagdishin and state compensation of Rs 10 lakh for each bereaved family, as police registered FIRs against two TVK-linked organisers.
• TVK alleged a conspiracy involving stone-pelting and police lathi-charge and moved to seek an independent probe in the Madras High Court; Vijay expressed grief and announced Rs 20 lakh for families of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh for the injured.
• An ambulance provider claimed TVK workers attacked five vehicles during rescue operations, seizing a driver’s keys and phone and delaying evacuations; authorities said causes will be determined by the inquiry.
• Separately in Uttar Pradesh, protests over an ‘I Love Muhammad’ campaign turned violent in Bareilly, prompting an internet shutdown, multiple arrests including Maulana Touqeer Raza, and the deployment of more than 8,000 personnel, with police calling the violence pre-planned.