US EditionIndia: Who Is Vijay, Whose Last Political Rally Caused a Massive Stampede?
Nearly 500 police personnel were deployed at the rally where crowd restlessness due to delays and lack of food led to a stampede killing 40, officials said.
- On Saturday , a stampede at actor-turned-politician Vijay's Karur rally killed 40 people, while Additional Director General of Police S Davidson Devasirvatham said nearly 500 police personnel were deployed.
- Thousands had gathered since morning and waited without food or water, Vijay's arrival was delayed by over five hours, and organisers held the rally at the narrow Uzhavar Sandhai ground.
- ADGP S Davidson Devasirvatham said police on duty included a Superintendent of Police, 3 Additional SPs, 4 DSPs, 7 inspectors and 58 sub-inspectors, adding, `Our probe shows there was no stone pelting` and a case has been registered.
- A commission led by retired Madras High Court judge Aruna Jagadeesan will probe the causes, while Actor-turned-politician Vijay announced Rs 20 lakh to each bereaved family and Rs 2 lakh to the injured.
- Calls for reforms intensified as this became another deadly crowd crush in India, with K. Annamalai, former Tamil Nadu BJP President, demanding a CBI probe into alleged police lapses.
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India: Who is Vijay, whose last political rally caused a massive stampede?
🇮🇳❓Who is Vijay? ⚡ A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others. 👨🏽 The rally, which officials say was attended by tens of thousands of people, was being addressed by Vijay, one of Tamil Nadu’s most successful actors-turned-politician in the district of Karur. Who exactly is he?
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