New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu executive has entreated the Supreme Court docket to take grasp of its October 13 expose directing a CBI probe into the Karur stampede in which 41 of us had been killed and allow an investigation by the SIT constituted by the Madras Excessive Court docket.
The native police and the Special Investigation Team are completely competent to behavior a “fair, thorough, and impartial investigation” and no excellent circumstances exist to recount central company intervention, the mumble executive stated in a reply filed forward of the apex court docket.
The mumble executive submitted that the October 13, 2025 length in-between expose directing a CBI probe below the monitoring of three-member supervisory committee has “virtually allowed the writ petition” even forward of heed on maintainability is probably going determined. The stampede on September 27 throughout a rally of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay claimed 41 lives and left over 60 injured.
In conserving with the mumble executive, the allegation of negligence or dereliction of accountability on phase of the Karur district administration and the police authorities is wholly baseless and devoid of advantage.
“The records clearly establish that the district administration and police acted with utmost diligence, foresight, and compliance with all statutory and procedural safeguards.
“A total ‘bandobust’ thought sharp 606 Police personnel and House Guards modified into as soon as implemented, supervised by senior officers alongside with the Inspector General of Police, Central Zone, and the Superintendent of Police, Karur District. The venue alternative, fetch accurate of entry to routes, scientific preparedness, and visitors administration plans had been all structured in conformity with the Nationwide Catastrophe Management Authority Pointers,” it said.
The Tamil Nadu government alleged that lead petitioner GS Mani has a record of filing politically motivated litigations, and the present petition is another attempt to use the judicial process for political narratives.
The top court had ordered a CBI probe into the stampede saying that the incident has shaken the national conscience and deserves a fair and impartial investigation.
The order was passed on a plea by actor-politician Vijay’s TVK for an independent probe. Suspending the directions for the appointment of SIT and a one-man enquiry commission, the apex court had asked Tamil Nadu to extend full cooperation to the officers of the central agency.
It also criticised Justice N Senthilkumar of the Madras High Court for entertaining petitions on incident, ordering an SIT probe and making observations against TVK and it members without making them a party to the case.
