CBI takes over Karur stampede case, visits site

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New Delhi, Updated At : 07:20 AM Oct 27, 2025 IST

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The CBI has taken over the probe of the Karur stampede, in which 41 people were killed during a political rally of actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), officials said Sunday.

A special team of the CBI has already visited the site at Velusamypuram in Karur, Tamil Nadu, they said.

Forty-one people lost their lives and over 60 injured in the stampede that occurred at the TVK meeting addressed by Vijay on September 27.

As per procedure, the CBI has re-registered the FIR.

The case was handed over to the CBI by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for an independent probe.

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