Overview

• TVK announced on X that Vijay’s public meetings are postponed for the next two weeks following the Karur tragedy.
• Hours after Vijay’s video denying wrongdoing and alleging political vendetta, the government presented footage and a minute-by-minute account disputing sabotage claims.
• Officials said crowd numbers far exceeded estimates and showed visuals of cadres breaching a generator enclosure, which they said triggered a power trip during the surge.
• Police have remanded two local TVK leaders to 14-day custody under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, with senior functionaries facing FIRs and anticipatory bail bids.
• A judicial commission led by retired Justice Aruna Jagadeesan is probing the incident as an NDA MPs’ delegation sought an independent inquiry such as a CBI or judge-led probe.