Chennai: A Commission of Inquiry, headed by retired Madras High Court judge Justice Aruna Jagadeesan, on Sunday commenced probe into the “crowd crush” at Karur, which claimed 40 lives including nine children and 17 women, during actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam leader Vijay’s rally the previous night.

While 39 of the victims were “brought dead” to the Government Hospital in Karur, one person succumbed on Sunday. While 50 persons were convalescing at the hospital, over 60 others were undertaking treatment at different private hospitals in the district.

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Chief Minister M K Stalin, who air-dashed to Tiruchi and headed to Karur in the wee hours of the day, refused to put the blame on anyone

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