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Hours after the Supreme Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Karur stampede, an alleged petitioner, Uma Anandan, has claimed that she had not filed any case in the apex court.

She said that she had filed a case in the Madras High Court demanding the CBI probe, but had not appointed any advocate to file a case in the top court on her behalf.

She added that she has been on the Char Dan yatra since October 3. Meanwhile, DMK Rajya Sabha member and advocate P Wilson, who represented the Tamil Nadu government in the stampede case, said two people have informed the court that, without their knowledge, their names had been used to file a petition.

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DMK says SC may cancel order

Claiming misinterpretation in the petition, the DMK said that the Supreme Court may cancel its order directing an investigation by the central agency.

Speaking to the media, Wilson said that people are celebrating already but there are chances that the order may be cancelled if it is proved that the petitions are fraudulently filed.

"Tomorrow if this (two people's petition) is proved, there is a chance that the order can be cancelled, as courts follow the doctrine, 'fraud vitiates all solemn acts'," he added.

Earlier in the day, the top court ordered a CBI probe and appointed former apex court judge Ajay Rastogi as head of a committee to monitor it.

SC pulls up Madras HC

The SC bench, comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria, also pulled up Justice N Senthilkumar of the Madras High Court for entertaining petitions on the September 27 stampede at actor Vijay's rally and ordering an SIT probe.

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The opposition AIADMK spokesperson KovaiSathyan said the SC's decision is "clearly a slap in the face for DMK". "They were peddling narratives and lies instead of doing justice to the victims' families. There were glaring deficiencies in the way DMK took forward the handling of the investigation in this case," he told PTI Videos.

Tamil Nadu BJP's former chief K Annamalai said it is only proper that a "trained agency like CBI, which has handled many such cases, should take over the investigation".

"This is about the lives of 41 people. We need to get to the bottom of it. Is it the mistake of the organisers or the local administration or somebody in the crowd," he told reporters here.

(With PTI Inputs)