Overview

• The official death toll stands at 41 with dozens injured after the September 27 crowd crush at TVK chief Vijay’s rally in Karur.
• Senior officials presented videos and a minute-by-minute timeline attributing the crush to severe overcrowding, breached barricades, damage to a generator that tripped power, and the arrival of Vijay’s large campaign vehicle.
• Police have registered multiple FIRs, arrested local TVK functionaries V. P. Mathiyalagan and Ponuraj, and formed teams to trace senior leaders N. ‘Bussy’ Anand and C. T. Nirmal Kumar as they seek anticipatory bail.
• The cyber crime unit booked campaign manager Aadhav Arjuna over a deleted post, a one-woman commission led by retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan is examining the incident, and TVK has petitioned the Madras High Court for a CBI probe.
• Political fallout escalated as a BJP-led NDA team visited Karur demanding independent investigation, DMK leaders faulted TVK’s crowd management, and VCK’s Thol Thirumavalavan questioned why Vijay has not been named in a case.