According to police, more than 10 thousand devotees had gathered at the Sri Venkateswara temple to celebrate Ekadashi. When a group of devotees attempted to enter the temple from the exit point, chaos ensued, and the situation quickly transformed into a stampede, leading to deaths and injuries.
Transferring the case to the CBI, the apex court kept under suspension a one-man judicial inquiry commission constituted by the DMK government, within hours of the tragedy struck, and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) ordered by a single Judge of Madras High Court on October 3.
Justice N Senthilkumar on Friday had ordered the constitution of the SIT headed by senior IPS officer and North Zone Inspector General Asra Garg, pulling up the state police for inaction.
He called the BJP-led Union Government as anti-federal with a motto of dismantling States by depriving them of their legitimate rights and welfare.
In the wake of the ghastly stampede at Karur which snuffed the lives of 41 people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Monday said the state government would come up with rules and guidelines for political rallies and public events.
The tragic stampede at New Delhi Railway Station, which claimed at least 18 lives and left many injured, is yet another grim reminder of the urgent need for better crowd management and safety measures in India’s railway system.
A day after the stampede at New Delhi railway station, in which 18 persons are reported to have died, the Eastern Railway took measures to enhance arrangements for security and crowd management at various stations under its limits.
The Congress and the Left Front staged protests and sit-ins at various railway stations across the state today in response to the stampede at the New Delhi railway station that claimed 18 lives.
An eyewitness, an IAF sergeant on Sunday recounted that despite announcements and efforts to convince people to avoid gathering in large numbers, the crowd remained unmanageable.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Centre over the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday, demanding transparency and accountability in such situations.
