India, July 10 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday visited Karur for the first time since assuming office in May, revisiting memories of the September 2025 stampede that claimed 41 lives and left several others injured.

Speaking about the incident, Vijay said the administration had received crowd-related warnings in neighbouring districts but not in Karur.

"The Perambalur Police alerted us that the crowd was getting too large. But the Karur Police didn't give us any such alert. They themselves brought us to the venue, and I believed them."

The chief minister said the loss of lives in the stampede continued to weigh heavily on him and his party. Referring to the victims, he said, "We have lost children of our sisters i...