It was a massive political rally until around 9 pm on Saturday, when Karur suddenly turned into a scene of unprecedented tragedy, marked by panic, cries, and death. The stampede at Vijay's rally became one of the state's worst political tragedies in recent memory, with victims including 17 women and 10 children.

At the stampede site, in hospitals, and at the victims’ homes, visuals captured unconsolable individuals left helpless. One of the most harrowing videos showed a young man in a hospital, carrying a lifeless child while crying aloud and confronting the politicians present.

The event, originally permitted for a crowd of 10,000, had swelled to an estimated 27,000 attendees, many of whom had waited for hours under the sweltering sun without sufficient food or water. Numerous people f

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