The DMK on Sunday (October 12, 2025) said there was an attempt to mislead the Supreme Court by a couple of petitioners in the Karur stampede case .
A Tamil YouTube channel had broadcast interviews with a litigant, who said he was unaware of the petition filed in his name. A woman said her husband, who had deserted her years ago, now moved the court for a CBI probe claiming to represent the interests of her child who died in the stampede at actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally last month.
Following this, DMK organisation secretary R.S. Bharathi said, “What has now come to light in the petition at the Honourable Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry into Karur TVK stampede is nothing short of an attempt to mislead the highest court of the land.”
In a post on X, he said one petiti