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A stampede occurred in Tamil star and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay's political rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur district. A senior police officer estimated that "at least 30,000 people had gathered" at the venue. The crowd swelled and became uncontrollable even as Vijay was addressing the gathering and a number of persons including party workers and a few children fainted and fell down. While more details of the stampede continue to come to light, it is being reported that 20, including women a and children are feared dead and close to 50 are critically injured.

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