The Madras High Court issued an order on the Karur stampede incident on Friday (October 2), prohibiting political rallies, roadshows and similar public events along state and national highways in the state until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were formulated.

According to news agency ANI , the order was passed while hearing four Public Interest Litigations (PILs) that sought directions to frame SOPs for mass gatherings to prevent incidents similar to the recent Karur stampede.

The court formed the SIT under the leadership of IG (North) Asra Garg to probe the incident. The court directed Karur police to hand over all related documents to the SIT immediately.

2. Hearing a plea filed by a petitioner, PH Dinesh of Villivakkam, Justice Senthilkumar expressed condolences to the victi

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