Overview

• Officials confirm 40 dead and more than 100 injured, with women and children among the victims, including an 18‑month‑old.
• Karur police registered FIRs naming TVK office-bearers under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 105, 110 and 125, and senior officers ruled out intelligence failure.
• TVK petitioned the Madras High Court for a CBI or court-monitored probe, as the state named Justice Aruna Jagadeesan to lead a one-person judicial inquiry.
• Police say roughly 500 personnel were deployed and cite lack of food and water, a late arrival, and movement of the campaign vehicle into a dense crowd after instructing it to stop earlier.
• Vijay announced Rs 20 lakh for each bereaved family and Rs 2 lakh for the injured, with additional ex gratia from the Tamil Nadu government and the Prime Minister’s Office, and paused weekend campaigning.