CBI resumes probe into Karur stampede

Karur: After a break following assembly election announcement, CBI has resumed inquiry into the Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives and injured more than 100 people during TVK chief Joseph Vijay’s campaign rally at Velusamypuram on Sept 27 last year.

As many as 10 police personnel, including an inspector, a sub-inspector, and other officers who were on security duty during the rally, appeared before CBI officials at Karur circuit house on Thursday for questioning.

CBI has been investigating the incident since Oct last year. Officials had measured the road layout at Velusamypuram and questioned shopkeepers, police personnel, ambulance owners and drivers, families of the deceased and injured. The agency had also examined Vijay’s campaign vehicle and questioned its driver. During inquiries held in Delhi, statements were recorded from Vijay, former minister and MLA V Senthilbalaji, TVK’s N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna and C T R Nirmal Kumar, besides senior police and district administration officials.