Two TVK officials remanded after Karur rally stampede arrests
A Karur court remanded two Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam functionaries to 15 days in judicial custody after their arrests in connection with the stampede at party leader Vijay’s rally. The incident killed 41 people, according to the report, and prompted a police case against the organisers.
Two Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam functionaries were remanded in judicial custody for 15 days after being arrested in connection with the stampede at party leader Vijay’s rally in Karur. V.P. Mathiyazhagan, the party’s Karur West district secretary, and M.C.
Pounraj, its central town secretary, were produced before the Karur Judicial Magistrate Court on September 30, 2025. Mathiyazhagan was identified as the first accused and was picked up by police on the previous day. Police sources said Pounraj had allegedly sheltered him at his residence in Gujiliamparai.
Pounraj was also named as an accused in the main case registered by Karur Town police, according to the supplied report. The stampede occurred during a TVK rally addressed by party president Vijay and killed 41 people. Other supplied material says the Central Bureau of Investigation later took over the investigation following a Supreme Court direction.
The later account states that investigators questioned organisers, police personnel, survivors, medical workers and witnesses, and collected video footage and call records. It also says that nearly a year later no charge sheet had been filed in the case.
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