India, Sept. 28 -- A video purportedly showing a father crying while carrying the lifeless body of his son, killed in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay's Kurur rally, has surfaced on social media.

An X user, one among those who re-shared the video, wrote, "Heartbreaking scene from #Karur tragedy: A grieving father carries the body of his young son, one of 39 lives lost in the devastating stampede at actor Vijay's TVK rally." HT.com has not independently verified the video.

D Jayakumar, former Minister for Fisheries and Personnel and Administrative Reforms, reacted to the video. In a translated post, he shared a screenshot of the viral clip and wrote, "I am deeply saddened by the loss of lives at the election campaign meeting held in ...