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3 charged after India stampede leaves 40 dead
The Straits Times
|September 29, 2025
Police charged three close aides of a popular actorturned-politician with culpable homicide and negligence on Sept 28 after a stampede at his rally in southern India killed at least 40 people, officials said.
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Some 27,000 people thronged a public road in Tamil Nadu state in hopes of seeing Vijay, who is known by one name, on Sept 28, but panic broke out, triggering a deadly crush.
Such crowd incidents happen frequently during mass gatherings in India and are often blamed on lax safety measures.
Vijay, who launched his party - Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) — in 2024, has drawn huge crowds at campaign events ahead of state elections due in 2026.
Police on Sept 28 filed a criminal case, the first step towards charges, “against TVK party senior leaders Bussy Anand, Nirmal Kumar and V.P. Mathiyalagan”, senior police official V. Selvaraj told Reuters.
“A case has been registered and the investigation will reveal all who are involved,” senior police officer S. Davidson Devasirvatham said.
यह कहानी The Straits Times के September 29, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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