Congress delegation meets families of Karur stampede victims, terms tragedy ‘beyond imagination’
Karur (PTI): Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, along with senior party leaders, on Tuesday visited families of those who lost their lives in a stampede during an election rally of the actor-politician Vijay led TVK, describing the incident as “beyond imagination.”
Venugopal was accompanied by All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Tamil Nadu Girish Chodankar, Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislative Party, Tamil Nadu Advocate Rajesh Kumar, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai, and Karur MP Jothimani.
After meeting the bereaved families and the injured, Venugopal said, “The tragedy in Karur is beyond imagination. The families who have lost their loved ones are inconsolable.”
In a social media post, Venugopal shared images of the delegation’s visit and said, “Visited Karur along with Girish Chodankar, Selvaperunthagai, Rajesh Kumar, and Jothimani, other MPs and senior Congress leaders, to send the message to the victims that you are not alone—the whole country is with you in this difficult time.”
The stampede at a TVK rally in Karur on September 27 claimed 41 lives and injured over 60 others.
Speaking to reporters, Chodankar said, “The Congress delegation met the families who have lost their loved ones. They are inconsolable, and their grief is shared by all of Tamil Nadu and India.”
He added, “Our General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal personally distributed immediate relief cheques of Rs 2.5 lakh each to the families of the victims, amounting to a total of Rs 1.25 crore,” in a post on ‘X’.
“To the victims and their families—you are not alone. The entire nation stands with you in this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Tamil Nadu,” Chodankar said.
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Mentally unstable man arrested for bludgeoning elderly mother, wife to death in Jharkhand
Lohardaga (Jharkhand) (PTI): A mentally unstable man was arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his elderly mother and wife to death in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place in Dhanamuji village in Bhandra police station area on Saturday evening. The deceased have been identified as Rupi Oraon (62) and Somri Oraon (45), they said.
"The accused, Madwa Oraon, was arrested immediately after the incident. He allegedly attacked his mother and wife with an iron rod after an altercation over some issues, leading to their death on the spot," Lohardaga Superintendent of Police (SP) Sadique Anwar Rizvi said.
He said the bodies of both the victims were sent to Sadar Hospital, Lohardaga for post-mortem examination.
"The accused is mentally unstable. He has been receiving treatment for the last one year. He used to get agitated over small issues, and that might have been the reason behind the incident," another police officer said.
An FIR has been registered against the accused, Manoj Gupta, officer-in-charge of Bhandra police station, said.
