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‘Vijay delayed arrival, party ignored warnings by police’
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|September 30, 2025
FIR IN KARUR STAMPE
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets one of the victims in the Karur stampede, on Monday.
(ANI)
Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay deliberately delayed his arrival at a public rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district by making unscheduled stops to display his political appeal and his party ieaders did not listen to repeated warnings from police officers to rein in their cadre, says the first information report (FIR) filed in the stampede on September 27 night that killed 41 people.
HT has seen the four-page FIR that was filed by inspector of police G Manivannan that blames Vijay’s TVK for one of the worst tragedies seen in a political rally in the state. The actor himself is not named in the FIR.
While the state's ruling DMK government has steered clear of politicising the issue, TVK has sought to blame a “political conspiracy” for the tragedy and asked for an independent probe.
This story is from the September 30, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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