Chennai, Oct. 6 -- Senior IPS officer Asra Garg who is leading a special investigation team (SIT) on Sunday began investigation in Tamil Nadu's Karur district where a stampede killed 41 people at the rally of actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam's party.

The SIT was constituted on the orders of the Madras high court on October 3 after the high court described the September 27 stampede as a "huge man-made disaster".

On Sunday, officers of the SIT inspected the venue at Velusamypuram, a road where the party's political rally had led to a stampede.

"This committee has been constituted as per the High Court's directive. We have begun the inquiry today," Garg, who is Tamil Nadu's north zone IG told reporters in Karur. "Since tod...