The Tamil Nadu Police has arrested Mathiyalagan , the Karur district general secretary of actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, in connection with the stampede on September 27 that left 41 dead, The Indian Express reported on Monday.

Three others have been arrested on accusations of spreading rumours about the stampede on social media, said the Chennai Police.

After the stampede, the police filed a case against Mathiyalagan, the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam’s state general secretary ‘Bussy’ Anand and deputy general secretary Nirmal Kumar, The Indian Express reported. Vijay himself, however, was not among those booked.

The police have invoked Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, endangering the lives of others and disobe

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