The Madras High Court on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district, which left 41 persons dead, Live Law reported.

The SIT will be headed by Inspector General of Police Asra Garg.

Justice N Senthilkumar verbally criticised the party’s “attitude” of “abandoning” the site after the incident.

The court said that the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam did not express remorse after the stampede.

The court added that it cannot shirk its responsibility. “The entire world has witnessed the events,” Live Law quoted the court as saying.

The order came on a plea filed by a man who had sent a representation to the state authorities requesting guidelines for roadshows and an inve

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