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Deaths Climb to 39 at Karur TVK Rally, CM Stalin Orders Probe and Meets Injured – Top 5 Updates
The Tamil Nadu government announced Rs 10 lakh compensation for families of 36 victims and formed a commission led by retired High Court Judge Justice Aruna Jagadeesan to investigate the stampede.
- On September 27, a stampede at a TVK chief and actor Vijay public rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu, killed 36 people on Saturday evening during his campaign event.
- Overcrowding and poor ventilation worsened conditions, and a sudden power outage at the massive crowd at Vijay's rally triggered panic and the crush.
- Victims included 17 women, 13 men and nine children, with 58 people admitted to hospitals after over 50 fainted at the site.
- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced Rs 10 lakh to families of the deceased and Rs one lakh to the seriously hurt, visiting Karur past midnight and ordering District Collectors of Trichy, Salem and Dindigul to send medical teams.
- The Union Home Ministry has sought a detailed report and Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered Centre support, while police registered a case under four sections against TVK.
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