The FIR filed after the Karur stampede that killed 40 people left out actor Vijay, even as it named second- and third-tier leaders of his fledgling party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

On Saturday night, Karur Town police booked TVK’s Karur West district secretary, VP Mathiyazhagan, under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), citing violations of campaign norms at Velusamypuram.

By Sunday, state general secretary N Anand alias ‘Bussy’ Anand and joint general secretary CTR Nirmal Kumar were also booked. The FIR invoked sections related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (109), acts endangering life (125b), and disobedience of orders (223), besides the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act.

But the names of Vijay, his close aide Aadhav Arj

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