Overview

• State officials released videos and a minute-by-minute timeline saying the crowd far exceeded estimates and that TVK cadres breached a generator enclosure, tripping power and worsening the crush.
• Vijay denied wrongdoing in a video message, urged authorities not to target his supporters, and said he left Karur to avoid further tension, drawing criticism from rival leaders for not meeting victims’ families.
• Two local TVK functionaries were remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody as police FIRs invoke BNS provisions including culpable homicide and endangering life, with senior leaders Bussy Anand and Nirmal Kumar sought by investigators.
• An NDA parliamentary team led by Hema Malini met families and the injured, questioned venue choices and security, and urged an inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge or a CBI probe.
• A one-member judicial commission headed by retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan began its inquiry as police also booked a TVK campaign official over a deleted social media post calling for youth revolt.