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Karur Stampede: 38 Bodies Identified, Being Handed Over To Relatives, Says Collector

At least 39 people were killed in a stampede that happened while TVK party leader and actor Vijay was campaigning in Karur, on Saturday.

Karur: The bodies of 38 people who died due to a stampede at the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s rally here on September 27 have been identified, and currently efforts are on to hand over their mortal remains to their relatives, Dindigul district collector S Saravanan has said on Sunday. The identity of a woman was yet to be established, he said.

"Currently, the work to identify this woman was on, and once it was done, we would follow the due procedure of conducting a post-mortem and hand over the body to her relatives,” he said. Of the decease

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