A Two-Year-Old Among Victims Of Killer Stampede At Actor Vijay's Rally | Read

Two-year-old Dhuru Vishnu, his head wrapped in the colours of actor-politician Vijay's TVK, was at the Karur rally with his parents yesterday when the stampede struck. The toddler is the youngest victim of the tragedy that has shaken Tamil Nadu and the nation.

At least 10 minors are among the 40 victims of the stampede at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur yesterday. Many of them are women, and most victims are in their 20s and 30s, NDTV has found.

Heartbreaking visuals of a father holding his child in his arms and pleading for help at a hospital, and of a mother refusing to let go of her child after doctors declared death, are circulating on social media.

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