NEW DELHI: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking an independent investigation led by a former Supreme Court judge into the stampede at party president and actor Vijay’s rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district on September 27. The incident claimed 41 lives and injured several others. The plea, filed through advocates Dixita Gohil, Pranjal Agarwal, and Yash S Vijay, challenges the Madras high court’s October 3 order that directed the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the Inspector General of Police to carry out a detailed probe into the incident, news agency ANI reported. The petition argues that despite the high court’s remarks questioning the independence of the police investigation, it still directed the crea

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