Overview

• Authorities say the September 27 Karur crush killed at least 39 people after an estimated crowd of around 27,000 surged without sufficient safeguards.
• Tamil Nadu Police have formed two dedicated teams to locate TVK Namakkal district secretary N. Satish Kumar, who is wanted in a vandalism case tied to the Namakkal stop and has gone underground.
• An FIR followed a Namakkal hospital’s complaint that party workers damaged its signboard and property, and police earlier arrested TVK Karur district secretary V. P. Mathiyazhagan over alleged crowd‑control failures.
• Madras High Court Justice N. Senthilkumar sharply criticized TVK’s conduct over the incident, saying the party had not shown remorse.
• Political outreach is underway, with reports saying the BJP and Congress have contacted TVK, while Chennai Police arrested YouTuber Mari Das over alleged inflammatory posts after a previous arrest of Felix Gerald.