New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Chennai Police said on Monday that three people were arrested for spreading rumours about the Karur stampede. The three individuals included:

Earlier, the three TVK functionaries were booked in connection with the incident. They were the district secretary for Karur North, Mathiazhagan, the party's state general secretary, Bussy Anand, and TVK's deputy general secretary, Nirmal Kumar.

The FIR against them was filed under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 125 (endangering life of others), and 223 (disobedience to order), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Public Property (Preventing of Damage and Loss) Act, 19...