Shoes piled up at Velusamypuram in Karur, the site of a stampede during a TVK campaign rally
| Photo Credit: Vengadesh R
The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 30, 2025) asked a family member of Karur stampede victim, S. Prabhakaran, to approach the CBI after he made an urgent oral mentioning alleging Tamil Nadu Police officers and “political secretaries” are pressurising victims to withdraw their petitions in the apex court.
A Bench headed by Justice J.K. Maheshwari asked Mr. Prabhakaran, represented by advocate Balaji Srinivasan, to apply to the CBI, to which the Supreme Court had transferred the investigation of the Karur stampede case.
“Go to the CBI… Put it out to the CBI. The CBI will look into it,” Justice Maheshwari addressed Mr. Srinivasan.
“Petitioners say they have been threatened and cajoled by the officials of the State, suffice to say petitioners may apply to the CBI,” the court ordered.
Mr. Prabhakaran said he had lost both his sister and fiancee in the tragedy, and also alleged the police were “largely responsible” for the mayhem.
There was an unprovoked lathi charge, he claimed.
He recounted that that there were anti-social elements in the crowd throwing objects to create confusion.
The court listed the case on December 12.
Published – October 30, 2025 11:26 am IST
