This special report focuses on the summons issued to TVK chief Vijay by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Karur stampede case in which 41 people lost their lives. He will be questioned as a witness in Delhi after the tragedy at Vijay’s election rally. India Today’s Apoorva Jai ​​Chandran reports on the developments from Chennai as Vijay prepares to appear before the central agency. The bulletin also provides a detailed analysis of several lapses that could have contributed to the disaster, including too small a space for huge crowds, inadequate crowd control measures, poor traffic management and inadequate medical response systems. These factors are now at the center of the ongoing investigation ordered by the Supreme Court.

After the Enforcement Directorate raid on the offices of consultancy firm IPAC, the Bharatiya Janata Party has intensified its criticism of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Senior BJP leader and MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, during a press conference, raised questions on the presence of the Chief Minister in the private complex. He asked, ‘What is DD hiding?’ Ms Banerjee was seen leaving the raid with a file in her hand, following which a controversy broke out. In response, the BJP organized a rally where protesters carried placards calling the Chief Minister a ‘thief of files’. The political impasse has also reached the legal front, with the ED, IPAC and TMC filing cases in the Calcutta High Court, which are expected to be heard on January 14.

In this bulletin, the ongoing controversies regarding central agencies in Indian politics have been discussed. According to the transcript, the Congress in Karnataka claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Election Commission to harass opposition parties and influence the election results. The opposition alleges that in the last eleven years, the ED, IT and CBI have been deployed only to intimidate rival parties. The transcript further references comments from Karnataka Congress leaders, saying recent events in Kolkata have been widely echoed. The following quote expresses this sentiment: ‘ED and Election Commission, the two E’s, are being used as tools by the BJP to harass the opposition in the central government.’ The bulletin blends responses from politicians from different states to highlight nationwide concerns regarding the agency’s mismanagement.

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This report covers the tragic death of Indian Army soldier Pramod Chatterjee in Satara. He was on paternity leave when he died in a road accident just hours before the birth of his first daughter. The bulletin showed heartbreaking scenes from his funeral, where his wife, who had just given birth, was brought out on a stretcher to pay her last respects. An unidentified speaker described the circumstances of the accident: ‘He was driving a two-wheeler which was hit by a garbage collection vehicle after which he fell on the road and suffered head injuries and then died as a result of his injuries.’ The soldier died without getting a chance to hold his newborn child.