Overview

• TVK said ₹20 lakh each has been transferred to 39 bereaved families, totaling ₹7.8 crore, with two payments pending due to documentation.
• Vijay wrote to the victims’ families confirming the transfers and said he will meet them once official permission is granted.
• Party leaders instructed functionaries and supporters not to hold Diwali celebrations this year as a mark of respect to those who died.
• The September 27 stampede at a TVK rally in Karur killed 41 people and injured over 60, after attendance far exceeded the permitted number and Vijay arrived late.
• The investigation is now with the CBI under Supreme Court oversight, following earlier Tamil Nadu Police SIT action that included the arrest of TVK’s Karur district secretary.