CHENNAI: Two families, among those affected by the Karur stampede incident, have claimed that they were misled into filing writs in the Supreme Court seeking a probe by the CBI into the tragic incident that left 41 dead on September 27.

Their names were included in the batch of petitions while all along they thought that the papers were to seek compensation and jobs for their family members, they said.

“We did not know that a CBI inquiry was requested on our behalf regarding the Karur tragedy. It has been 9 years since my husband Panneerselvam, who had signed the petition, abandoned us,” says Sharmila, mother of the 9-year-old boy who had lost his life in the stampede during a political rally addressed by actor-politician Vijay.

She claimed that Panneerselvam Pitchaimuthu, father of he

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