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SC to hear on Friday plea for CBI probe into Karur stampede

By Jhanak Sharma      07 October, 2025 06:03 PM      0 Comments
SC to hear on Friday plea for CBI probe into Karur stampede

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to consider on October 10 a plea against the Madras High Court's refusal to direct CBI probe into Karur stampede.

The incident during the rally of actor turned politician Vijay, left 41 people dead and left over 100 others injured on September 27, 2025.

Upon an urgent mentioning, a bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai ordered to list the plea filed by a BJP leader Uma Anandan on Friday.

The plea was mentioned by a counsel who submitted that the plea for the CBI probe was rejected even though the single judge of the High Court had said the court was not satisfied with the probe.

The devastating stampede occured during a rally by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay at Karur.

The High Court had constituted a Inspector-General of Police (North) Asra Garg led Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the stampede, while coming down heavily upon the party and its leaders for failing to manage the crowd.

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