Overview

• Chief Minister M.K. Stalin set the official toll at 39 deaths with many injured after a crush at the Karur rally for TVK chief Vijay.
• The state constituted a single-member judicial commission led by Justice Aruna Jagadishin to examine causes and accountability.
• Police registered FIRs in the case, with reports noting two TVK-linked organisers named, as investigators collect testimonies and operational records.
• Officials said organisers anticipated about 10,000 people but roughly 27,000 turned up; witnesses cited hours-long waiting without adequate water, a power cut and Vijay’s late arrival as triggers in a constrained venue.
• Relief of Rs 10 lakh per bereaved family was announced, while competing narratives are being examined, including an ambulance provider’s claim of attacks on rescue vehicles and TVK’s allegation of a conspiracy with plans to seek an independent probe in the Madras High Court.