Actor-politician Vijay lastly broke his silence on the “stampede-like” incident that occurred throughout his large rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday, September 27.
Vijay reacted to the tragedy hours after 36 individuals died within the incident. In a late-night put up on X, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief wrote, “My coronary heart is shattered; I’m writhing in insufferable, indescribable ache and sorrow that phrases can’t specific.”
He lengthen “deepest condolences and sympathies to the households of my expensive brothers and sisters who misplaced their lives in Karur.”
“I pray for the swift restoration of these receiving remedy within the hospital,” Vijay mentioned.
TVK Karur stampede tragedy
At the least 36 had been killed in a stampede at TVK chief and actor Vijay’s public rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur on Saturday night.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin mentioned 36 individuals, together with eight youngsters and 16 girls, misplaced their lives within the crowd crush on the political marketing campaign assembly of Vijay’s TVK social gathering.
“On receiving the heartbreaking information that 36 individuals, together with eight youngsters and 16 girls, misplaced their lives within the crowd crush on the political marketing campaign assembly of Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam in Karur in the present day (27.09.2025), I used to be deeply shocked and pained,” MK Stalin’s assertion learn.
Officers instructed information company PTI that the stampede broke out on Saturday night, round 7.30 pm, simply as Vijay was addressing supporters who had gathered in enormous numbers within the afternoon and had been ready for hours to get a glimpse of the TVK chief, additionally a prime film star.
Following the incident, the Ministry of Residence Affairs sought an in depth report from the Tamil Nadu authorities.
MK Stalin takes swift motion
MK Stalin introduced a compensation of ₹10 lakh every to the households of the victims
He mentioned a one-member Fee of Inquiry, headed by retired Excessive Courtroom Choose Justice Aruna Jagadeesan, has been shaped to conduct a radical investigation and submit a report back to the federal government.
CM Stalin additionally talked about that he instructed the District Collectors of Trichy, Salem, and Dindigul to go to Karur with medical groups to help.
The Tamil Nadu CM knowledgeable that he’ll personally go to Karur Saturday evening to satisfy the households of those that misplaced their lives within the incident.
PM Modi expresses grief
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deepest condolences on the lives misplaced within the stampede throughout TVK chief and actor Vijay’s public rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur. He wished for the speedy restoration of individuals injured within the incident.
In a put up on X, the Prime Minister mentioned, “The unlucky incident throughout a political rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu, is deeply saddening. My ideas are with the households who’ve misplaced their family members. Wishing power to them on this tough time. Praying for a swift restoration to all these injured.”
