The Madras High Court, on Friday (October 3, 2025), ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Inspector General of Police Asra Garg to probe into the stampede that led to the loss of 41 lives during a political campaign by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor C. Joseph Vijay in Karur on September 27 .

Justice Senthilkumar also recorded that the court “highly condemns” the act of the TVK leaders in having “abandoned” the innocent people who had thronged the venue at Velusamypuram in Karur district just to take a glimpse of Mr. Vijay but ended up losing their lives. He said, the party ought to have come to their rescue.

The judge directed Karur Town Inspector of Police to handover to the SIT all papers related to a First Information Report

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