Updated On: 29 September, 2025 04:27 PM IST | Tamil Nadu | mid-day online correspondent
The death toll climbed to 41 on Monday after a 60-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. Police had advised Vijay not to visit the government hospital to meet the victims due to the sensitive law-and-order situation, a TVK source said

Police personnel at the government hospital in Karur, Tamil Nadu, where the injured are undergoing treatment, on Sunday. Pic/PTI
Actor-politician Vijay, chief of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), remained inside his campaign vehicle for an extended period at Velusamypuram on September 27, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the gathering, the first information report (FIR) filed into the Tamil Nadu stampede probe has stated.
The death toll climbed to 41 on Monday after a 60-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries at the hospital, news agency PTI reported.