Karur stampede case: CBI summons Vijay for questioning

On September 27, 2025, 41 people, including 18 women and 10 children, died during a stampede at a TVK rally in Karur. The victims were from Karur, Erode, Dindigul, Tiruppur, and Salem districts. The crowd had gathered at Velusamypuram, along the Karur–Erode Highway, for what was called a “people’s rally,” when chaos erupted near the exit after Vijay’s address.

Earlier, a Supreme Court bench of Justices J K Maheswari and N V Anjaria had set up a three-member supervisory committee headed by retired judge, Justice Ajay Rastogi, to monitor the probe into the stampede. The bench had said the issue “has a bearing on the fundamental rights of citizens and the incident has shaken national conscience”, the court said, adding that it “requires fair and impartial investigation”.

(With agency inputs)