The Supreme Court on Monday ordered an inquiry by the Central Board of Investigation into the stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district, which left 41 persons dead, Live Law reported.

A bench comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria passed the interim order on a petition filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and other parties.

The court also constituted a three-member supervisory committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Rastogi, to ensure that the investigation is impartial, Live Law reported.

Rastogi has been asked to select two senior Indian Police Services officers, not below the rank of inspector general of police. The officers can be from the Tamil Nadu cadre, but should not be natives of the s

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