{
  "id": 16929839,
  "title": "DMK councillor arrested over controversial remark on Karur stampede",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/dmk-councillor-arrested-over-controversial-remark-on-karur-stampede",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T16:19:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmk-councillor-arrested-over-controversial-remark-on-karur-stampede/article71635787.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a video that went viral on social media, the councillor was heard saying, “If we had finished him off at Karur on that day, we wouldn’t be in this situation today.” The remark was allegedly directed at Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, in an apparent reference to the stampede in Karur",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}