Overview

• The Special Investigation Team led by IG Asra Garg began on-site inspections at Velusamypuram and recorded statements from eyewitnesses.
• Tamil Nadu Police formed two special squads under Inspector Kabilan to locate N. Satish Kumar after the Madras High Court denied him anticipatory bail.
• Karur district secretary V. P. Mathiyazhagan has been arrested and remanded, and police say additional teams are pursuing senior TVK officials Bussy N. Anand and C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar.
• Police registered a case naming Vijay’s campaign vehicle and its driver over accidents captured on video en route to Karur after High Court criticism of earlier inaction.
• Political fallout intensified as BJP’s Khushbu Sundar accused the DMK government of negligence, reports said national parties reached out to TVK, and fact-checkers debunked a viral ambulance video falsely tied to the tragedy.