US EditionTVK Karur Rally Stampede: Fear of Angry Mob? Security up at Actor Vijay's Chennai Home, Says Report
The Karur rally stampede caused 39 deaths and over 100 injuries, prompting investigations, FIRs against TVK leaders, and tightened security at Vijay's Chennai home.
- On Saturday evening, thousands of supporters surged toward Vijay, actor-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief, at a Karur rally, leaving 39 dead and over 100 injured.
- Overcrowding and heat contributed to the panic that triggered the crush, with a missing-child announcement and temporary power cut fueling panic amid TVK events' history of overcrowding.
- Karur District Police filed FIRs against Anand and Nirmal Kumar and around 500 police personnel were deployed as Vijay halted his speech to aid fainting supporters.
- During a press briefing on Sunday, authorities named retired High Court Judge Aruna Jagadeesan to lead a one-member Commission of Inquiry and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 lakh ex-gratia payments.
- On Sunday, security at Vijay's Neelankarai residence, Chennai tightened after an anonymous bomb threat, with bomb disposal squads, sniffer dogs, CRPF deployed; TVK sought a CBI probe in the Madras High Court.
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TVK Chief Vijay Rally Stampede Highlights: Calls For Action Grow Amid Blame Game
TVK Rally Karur Stampede: 40 people, including nine children and 17 women, were killed in a stampede at actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur.
Vijay receives bomb threat day after Karur stampede; security tightened at TVK chief's Chennai residence
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Sunday received a bomb following which security was beefed up at his residence in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The development comes a day after a deadly stampede at his rally in Karur that claimed the lives of 40 people -- 10 children, 17 women and 13 men. Following the incident, the actor-turned-politician said his heart was 'shattered' by the incident. In an X (previously Twitter) post, the 51-year-old sa…
BREAKING: TVK chief Vijay receives bomb threat amid row over Karur stampede, probe underway
Actor-politician Vijay on Sunday, i.e., September 28, received a bomb threat directed at his Chennai-based residence. A bomb disposal squad with sniffer dogs was deployed to his Neelankarai home to carry out a comprehensive search, news agency PTI reported.
TVK Karur rally stampede: Fear of angry mob? Security up at actor Vijay's Chennai home, says report
Security has been heightened at the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief's home as “people's anger may turn” towards him after Karur stampede incident, a report claimed.
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