VIJAY HASN'T BEEN NAMED IN FIR DUE TO POLITICAL REASONS: LITIGANT COMPLAINS BEFORE MADRAS HIGH COURT

Insists that permission should not be granted for road shows by any political party until the formulation of guidelines/Standard Operating Procedure

- AJIKUMAR CHENNAI

Actor and president of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) C. Joseph Vijay has not been named in a First Information Report (FIR), registered in connection with the death of 41 people at the recent Karur stampede, “due to political reasons,” a litigant has complained to the Madras High Court.

In a petition listed for hearing before Justice N. Senthilkumar on Friday (October 3, 2025), the litigant has sought to restrain the Home Secretary and Director General of Police from granting permission for road shows until the formulation of guidelines/ Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for such events.

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Filing an affidavit in support of his writ petition, P.H. Dinesh, 44, of Villivakkam in Chennai, charged the TVK with the full responsibility for the death of 41 individuals at Karur. He said, the tragedy occurred due to “careless planning and complete negligence by the organisers.”