SC verdict evokes mixed response from families of victims

While some family members express hope, others say they are unsure what difference a CBI probe would make; Aadhav Arjuna claims DMK govt using tragedy to stifle TVK

- D VINCENT AROCKIARAJ Karur

THE Supreme Court order directing the CBI to investigate the Karur stampede evoked mixed response from the family members of the victims on Monday.

Some of the family members that TNIE spoke to said that they were unsure what difference it would make whether the investigation was conducted by the SIT or the CBI. "None of those who died in the stampede is going to come back because of this investigation," they said.

"If those with responsibility and power had discharged their duty in the right manner, I would not have lost my child," said V Vimal, who lost his oneand-a-half-year-old son, V Dhuru Vishnu, in the tragedy.