Two office bearers of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) were sentenced on Tuesday to 14 days’ judicial custody in connection with the stampede that occurred during a party rally. The tragic incident, which took place on September 27, resulted in the death of 41 people and left nearly 60 injured, according to police reports.

The accused are TVK’s Karur West District Secretary, V P Mathiyalagan, and Karur Central District Secretary, Kasi Pounraj. Both were named in the First Information Report (FIR) and have been remanded to judicial custody.

Additionally, TVK state general secretary Bussy Anand and deputy general secretary Nirmal Kumar have also been named in the FIR, but they are yet to be arrested, police confirmed.

The accused have been booked under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including:

– Section 105: Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
– Section 110: Attempt to commit culpable homicide
– Section 125: Endangering life of others
– Section 223: Disobedience to order

In response to the incident, the Tamil Nadu government has constituted a one-member commission, headed by retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan, to probe the alleged stampede during the TVK chief’s rally in Karur on September 27.

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