It was an agonising wait for the mourners at the Intensive Care Unit block at Karur Government Medical College Hospital on Sunday.
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Among the many personal tragedies emerging from Saturday’s stampede during TVK president and actor Vijay’s rally in Karur, a farmer from Vishwanathapuri has lost his entire family.Man loses wife, two daughtersAnantha Jothi, a farmer, had gone to the rally with his wife, Hemalatha, 28, and their two daughters, Sailakhsana, 8, and Sai Jeeva, 4. According to his relative Duraisamy, Anantha Jothi suffered a leg injury but managed to escape. Only later did he learn that his wife and children had been caught in the crush and had died.7-year-old boy among victimsOne of the youngest victims was S. Kirthikyadav, 7, a Class III student from Anju Road in Karur town. He was the younger son of Saravanan, 30, a welder, and Chandrakala, 28.Eye witnesses at Vijay’s TVK rally in Tamil Nadu recall horror
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R. Vengadesh, PTI
