Overview

• Authorities confirmed 41 deaths, including 18 women and 10 children, with more than 60 people still hospitalised and at least two in critical condition.
• Karur police filed FIRs against senior TVK office-bearers under BNS provisions including culpable homicide and endangering life, while Vijay was not named.
• The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench is set to hear TVK’s plea today for a CBI or court-monitored probe, as a separate petition seeks to restrict future TVK rallies pending inquiries.
• Officials cited overcrowding far beyond permitted numbers, delayed arrival of the leader and inadequate arrangements as key factors under examination by investigators.
• Ex-gratia payments were announced by multiple sources: Rs 20 lakh to each bereaved family and Rs 2 lakh to the injured from TVK, Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 lakh from the Tamil Nadu government, and Rs 2 lakh and Rs 50,000 from the PMNRF.