Karur tragedy: High court raps Vijay for fleeing stampede; orders SIT probe

CHENNAI: Criticising actor-politician Vijay and his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) members for archetypal causing a stampede that killed 41 radical successful Karur connected Sept 27, and past abandoning their cadres and followers, Madras HC ordered a probe by an SIT Friday.Citing 2 accidents involving Vijay’s run vehicle, which did not halt adjacent aft dashing against the bikes of his accompanying cadres, HC besides ordered registration of a hit-and-run lawsuit against the politician. “Both the operator and the person (Vijay) saw the mishap but near the spot without stopping... This tribunal highly condemns the cognition of the enactment (TVK)... There was not adjacent a distant consciousness of feeling expressed by the enactment taking work for organising specified an event.

This lone shows the intelligence authorities of the person and the party,” Justice N Senthilkumar said.“The SIT volition beryllium headed by Asra Garg, IGP (north zone), and comprise Vimala, SP, Namakkal, & Shyamaladevi, SP. Garg is astatine liberty to prime further members nether immoderate category/designation arsenic helium deems fit,” said the judge. All CCTV footage from spot of the incident, and successful peculiar footage wrong and extracurricular the autobus carrying the caput of the governmental party, shall beryllium seized.

The autobus progressive shall besides beryllium seized, the tribunal said.“In some cases (campaign conveyance hitting 2 bikes), constabulary person not registered an FIR for hit-and-run. Court expresses its heavy anguish and agony that adjacent if nary ailment is filed by the aggrieved, authorities has suo motu work to registry a case, bring the perpetrators of the transgression connected record, and marque them look trial,” Justice Senthilkumar said.“Neither the person nor his followers were determination astatine the country of occurrence aft the incident. The President, the PM, Union location minister, CM of Tamil Nadu, and person of absorption condoled the incident. This tribunal could not recognize however the governmental enactment that organised the rally abandoned the country of occurrence instantly aft the incident,” the justice said.“Unfortunately, the organisers, close from the leader... vanished, leaving their ain cadres, leaving their ain followers, leaving their ain fans successful the lurch,” the justice said, adding, “Such irresponsible cognition of immoderate person oregon organisation can’t beryllium taken lightly. Court owes its work towards its citizens. It is unfortunate to grounds specified enactment quality.”Court prohibited governmental rallies, roadshows and akin nationalist events on authorities and nationalist highways successful the authorities until modular operating procedures were formulated.HC besides dismissed the anticipatory bail petitions of 2 TVK members, authorities wide caput Bussy N Anand and lawman wide caput CTR Nirmal Kumar, who person been named successful the FIR successful transportation with the incident.(With ANI inputs)