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Supreme Court Sets October 10 Hearing on Karur Stampede Cases After TVK and BJP Petitions

The top court will examine demands to shift the investigation away from the state police.

Rishab Shetty does not think any one person can be blamed for the stampede at Vijay's TVK rally.
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The Karur stampede site where 41 people were killed at a political rally last month. (ANI)
A stampede occurred on September 27, during a public event of TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) chief and actor Vijay, in Karur.

Overview

  • Chief Justice B.R. Gavai’s bench listed for Friday both BJP leader Uma Anandan’s plea for a CBI probe and TVK’s challenge to the Madras High Court–ordered SIT.
  • A separate petition by the father of a 13-year-old victim has also reached the court seeking a CBI investigation.
  • The Madras High Court on October 3 constituted an SIT led by IG Asra Garg, rebuked event organisers and police, and urged temporary curbs on rallies near highways pending SOPs.
  • Authorities say 41 people died and over 60 were injured, with police citing roughly 27,000 attendees at a site cleared for far fewer and a delay of about seven hours in Vijay’s arrival.
  • Police have arrested local TVK functionaries and filed FIRs against others; Vijay has begun video-calling bereaved families and reaffirmed compensation pledges as the party weighs safety-focused organisational reforms.