CBI takes over the investigation within the Karur stampede case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe within the Karur stampede case, company sources stated on Sunday.

A particular CBI group has been pressed into motion to assemble proof. The company re-registered the case on the instructions of the Supreme Court on October 13. Describing the tragedy as one which has “shaken the nationwide conscience”, the court docket ordered a CBI probe into the stampede, which claimed 41 lives throughout a rally organised by the Tamilaga Vettri  Kazhagam (TVK).

Observing that the incident had “left an imprint within the minds of residents throughout the nation” and the kin of the deceased had knocked on its “doorways” in search of an “unbiased” investigation, the court docket additionally constituted a three-member monitoring committee, chaired by former Supreme Court decide Justice Ajay Rastogi, to oversee the progress of the CBI  investigation.

The monitoring committee is authorised to undertake an inquiry into “any matter ancillary or incidental” to the stampede, as could also be obligatory, to make sure a good and clear probe. The CBI will submit month-to-month progress stories to the committee.

The court docket noticed that entrusting the probe to the identical police drive whose senior officers had publicly exonerated their subordinates would compromise the credibility of the investigation. “This truth in itself creates a doubt within the minds of most of the people concerning the independence and impartiality of the investigation… Caught within the doldrums are the households of the deceased, injured victims and kith and kin of those that misplaced their lives on this tragedy. For them, the political tussle between the 2 sides is of little solace,” it stated, listening to a batch of petitions.

The petitions included the one filed by the TVK, difficult the Madras High Court’s October 3 order that had accused occasion president Vijay and different leaders of “fleeing” the scene.