Karur, Sept. 30 -- An eight-member NDA-BJP leaders' delegation has reached Karur, where a stampede on September 27, during a public event of TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) chief and actor Vijay, claimed 41 lives.

BJP MPs Hema Malini, Aparajita Sarangi, Anurag Thakur and other members of the delegation inspect the site in Karur on Tuesday where the stampede broke out.

An eyewitness claimed that TVK's Aadhav Arjuna went up to Vijay and said that people are fainting, after which water bottles were thrown from the vehicle.

"TVK's Aadhav Arjuna went up to Vijay and said that people are fainting. They immediately started throwing water bottles from the vehicle...Local administration failed...The road was 19 ft, and the vehicle itself was 12 ...