TN stampede: High Court rejects BJP leader’s plea for CBI probe, asks her to approach Madurai bench

The Madras High Court rejected a plea for a CBI probe. BJP leader Uma Anandan sought the investigation. This concerned the September 27 Karur stampede. The incident happened at actor-politician Vijay's rally. Forty-one persons died in the tragedy....

The Madras High Court on Friday rejected BJP leader Uma Anandan's plea for a CBI probe into the September 27 Karur stampede at actor-politician Vijay's public rally in that killed 41 persons.

She had moved the court saying there were many questions, including possible official apathy behind the fatal incident.

A division bench, while rejecting the plea, asked the petitioner to approach the Madurai bench of the HC, the jurisdictional court.
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