The Supreme Court, in an interim order on Monday, directed a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the September 27 stampede at actor Vijay’s rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur , which killed 41 people.

A bench of Justices J K Maheswari and N V Anjaria also set up a three-member supervisory committee headed by its retired judge Justice Ajay Rastogi to monitor the probe.

The court stated that the incident, which shook the national conscience, deserves a fair investigation.

The order came on petitions by Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), challenging the order of the Madras High Court single judge directing a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the stampede, as well as an order by the division bench of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that rejecte

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