Overview
- Puducherry Police intercepted a man carrying a pistol at the Uppalam Expo/Helipad Ground, identified him as David, and took him into custody without disrupting the event.
- Authorities enforced layered safety steps including segmented enclosures of 500 people each, CCTV coverage, and a deployment reported at around 800 police personnel.
- Entry was restricted to local residents with QR-coded passes, with children, pregnant women, elderly persons, and people with disabilities told not to attend.
- Permission for a roadshow was refused, with officials allowing only a tightly controlled two-hour public meeting from a campaign vehicle within a fixed time window.
- The CBI probe into the Karur stampede continues, and TVK has filed fresh applications for a December 16 rally in Erode after police rejected an earlier venue on safety grounds.