India, Sept. 28 -- The Tamil Nadu police on Sunday countered the claims by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), saying that no stone pelting incident occurred at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur, where at least 40 people lost their lives in a stampede on Saturday evening.

TVK had claimed that stone pelting triggered the stampede but the cops refuted the claims and said that the party leadership defied orders regarding massive crowd gathering.Follow TVK Vijay Rally Stampede Live Updates here

Additional director general of police (ADGP) Davidson Devasirvatham said during a press conference that the event had been delayed by several hours. This, according to him, led to people from Namakkal, where another of Vijay's rallies was scheduled...