NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Karur stampede case that claimed 41 lives and injured over 60 during a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally on September 27.

A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and N.V. Anjaria also constituted a three-member committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Rastogi, to monitor the investigation. The committee will include two Indian Police Service officers of Tamil Nadu cadre who are not natives of the state.

“The impartial probe is a right of every citizen,” the top court said. The order was pronounced after the bench, which had reserved the matter on Friday, heard a batch of petitions, including one by TVK general secretary (Election Strategy) Aadhav Arjuna seeking to qua

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