New Delhi: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an impartial investigation led by a former top-court judge into the tragic stampede at party president and actor Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur district on September 27, which claimed 41 lives and left several others injured.

The plea, filed through advocates Dixita Gohil, Pranjal Agarwal, and Yash S Vijay, has challenged the Madras High Court's October 3 order constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the Inspector General of Police to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the incident.

The petition contends that, despite the High Court's observation questioning the independence of the police probe into the matter, the High Court directed the constitution of an SIT comp

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