How a superstar’s rally spiralled into one of TN’s deadliest crowd disasters
- Team TOI Plus
- Updated: Sep 29, 2025, 17:29 IST IST
What unfolded in Karur is not just a story of one chaotic evening but of recurring failures — poor planning, unsafe venues, untrained policing, and a political culture that rewards numbers over safety
On the evening of September 27, a mass rally addressed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and film star Vijay in Karur turned into one of Tamil Nadu’s most devastating crowd disasters in recent memory.
A crowd crush during the rally left, according to some estimates, 40 people dead.
A crowd crush during the rally left, according to some estimates, 40 people dead.
