Relief amount credited to stampede victim's estranged husband, her mom wants it back

WEEKS after losing her daughter in the Karur stampede, a woman from Aravakuruchi has appealed to the district authorities to transfer the solatium, given by the government, actor Vijay and a few other political parties, meant for the victim to her two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter.

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She said the entire amount (around ₹35 lakh from government and political parties) was credited to the bank account of her late daughter's estranged husband.In her petition to the Karur Collector and the Aravakuruchi DSP, G Sudha, a daily wage labourer from Puthupatti, said her daughter G Brindha (22) had been living separately from her husband, B Sudhan, for over a year before her death in the September 27 stampede.