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CBI seizes Vijay's campaign bus as Karur stampede probe tightens

The CBI has impounded the campaign vehicle TVK chief and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay used for the September 27 Karur rally where 41 people were crushed to death — the clearest sign yet that the probe is circling the chief minister himself.

3 October 2026 · 2 min read

Candles lit at a vigil for the Karur stampede victims

Opinion

A conspiracy theory is not an exoneration: Karur's 41 dead need evidence, not excuses

TVK's Supreme Court plea alleges a 'pre-planned conspiracy' behind the Karur stampede — converting a question of accountability into a mystery story. But 41 people were not killed by a theory. They died because 27,000 people were packed into a venue meant for 10,000, because the chief guest arrived seven hours late, and because escape routes were blocked. A government that hunts conspirators while dodging scrutiny is asking the public to believe in ghosts while refusing them the lamp.

3 October 2026 · 3 min read

Tamil Nadu

TVK takes the Karur stampede to the Supreme Court: plea challenges High Court SIT, seeks judge-led independent probe

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court's October 3 order constituting a state-police Special Investigation Team into the September 27 Karur stampede that killed 41 people. Filed through party secretary Aadhav Arjuna, the plea seeks an independent probe led by a former Supreme Court judge, alleges a possible 'pre-planned conspiracy' by miscreants, and objects to the High Court's scathing remarks that the party 'abandoned' the victims. The matter is listed for hearing on October 10.

3 October 2026 · 3 min read

Tamil Nadu

CBI turns its lens on Vijay: agency set to question TVK chief in Karur stampede probe

The Central Bureau of Investigation is preparing to question Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder Vijay in the Karur stampede case after completing preliminary questioning of senior party office-bearers. The agency wants answers on crowd management, security arrangements and compliance with safety norms at the September 27 rally where 41 people were crushed to death.

3 October 2026 · 2 min read

Opinion

Forty-one dead and the Chief Minister sees a conspiracy: Karur deserves answers, not theatre

Ten of the 41 dead at Vijay's Karur rally were children. The Chief Minister's response — alleging a 'political conspiracy' and seeking a CBI probe — is the oldest trick in the book: when the crowd you summoned becomes a casualty list, blame a plot. Accountability begins at home.

3 October 2026 · 2 min read

Tamil Nadu

Karur stampede toll climbs to 41 as TNEB engineer denies power cut; Vijay alleges 'political conspiracy'

The death toll from the stampede at TVK chief Vijay's Karur campaign rally has risen to 41 after 65-year-old Suguna died on ventilator support. As a TNEB engineer denied any power cut during the speech, Vijay alleged a 'political conspiracy' and moved the Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe.

3 October 2026 · 2 min read