[Star and president of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK )C. Joseph Vijay has actually not been called in a First Information Report( FIR ), signed up in connection with the death of 41 individuals at the current Karur stampede, “due to political factors,” a litigant has actually grumbled to the Madras High Court.
In a petition noted for hearing before Justice N. Senthilkumar on Friday (October 3, 2025), the litigant has actually looked for to limit the Home Secretary and Director General of Police from giving consent for roadway reveals till the formula of guidelines/Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for such occasions.
Submitting an affidavit in assistance of his writ petition, P.H. Dinesh, 44, of Villivakkam in Chennai, charged the TVK with the complete duty for the death of 41 people at Karur. He stated, the catastrophe took place due to” reckless preparation and total carelessness by the organisers.”
The litigant specified that the crowd, which had actually thronged the location to see Mr. Vijay and listen to his speech, was misinformed to think that he would deal with the event at Velusamypuram in Karur at around 12 twelve noon, though he got to the area just after 7 p.m., therefore making the general public await over 7 hours.