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A stampede that killed dozens at a south India political rally happened after a crowd of thousands waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials and witnesses said Sunday.Deadly crowd incidents happen repeatedly during mass gatherings in India,
K. C. Venugopal, on Tuesday, visited Karur to console the bereaved families of those killed in the stampede at actor-turned-politician
Karur: An eight-member NDA delegation led by BJP MP and actor Hema Malini reached Tamil Nadu on Tuesday to study the circumstances that led to the September 27 stampede at TVK chief Vijay’s rally in Karur, where 41 people -- including women and children -- were killed and more than 60 were injured.
The police alleged that Mathiyalagan and other party officials failed to properly regulate the outfit’s cadres on September 27.
China on Monday expressed "deep condolences" and sympathies to the families of those killed in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay-led rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur town. Forty-one persons were killed and dozens injured in the stampede on Saturday.