tamil Nadu police have managed some of the largest and most volatile gatherings in India — from Athi Varadar darshan in Kanchipuram, to Palani pilgrimages, Tiruvannamalai Deepam, and Thiruchendur festivals. They’ve even handled explosive political events without a scratch. Yet in Karur, the situation spiraled into chaos. Why? Because this wasn’t a crowd of devotees.
This wasn’t a disciplined political gathering. This was a mob of blind, young cult followers, high on hero worship, low on civic sense, and absolutely unwilling to listen. The real failure wasn’t the police — it was the mob, and the leader who let them down.
1. The Proven Track Record of TN Police
Give them lakhs of pilgrims, packed temples, marathon darshans — and tamil Nadu police deliver. Order maintained, lives saved, crowds controlled. They know crowd management better than most states.
2. The Karur Disaster
What they faced in Karur wasn’t devotion or discipline. It was chaos in human form — restless, leader-obsessed fanatics who thought shouting and pushing was participation.
3. The Missing Leadership
The so-called “leader” of these fans arrived hours late. No organizational machinery on the ground. No district-level coordination. Just a sea of restless hero worshippers with zero guidance.
4. The Deaf Crowd
DSPs and SPs on the ground kept pleading. Instructions were shouted through mics. Yet nobody cared. The crowd wasn’t there to listen. They were there to scream, shove, and “see their messiah.”
5. The Ugly Truth of hero Worship
This wasn’t political energy. This wasn’t civil society in action. This was blind cultism — 90% of the crowd lacking civic sense, behaving like maniacs, proving once again that fanboy politics is India’s biggest disease.
6. The police Dilemma
When a mob refuses to listen, when civic sense dies, when passion turns to frenzy — the only tool left for the police is force. Imagine the outrage if they had resorted to a lathi charge. The same people blaming the police today would be crying “police brutality.”
7. The Misplaced Blame
It is easy to sit behind keyboards and blame the cops. But the truth is bitter: the chaos was created not by the khaki, but by the crowd’s brainless hero worship and the leader’s shameless absence.
8. The Call for Rational Thinking
Civil society must wake up. Stop abusing the police every time chaos erupts. Stop excusing mob mania as “enthusiasm.” If people behaved like citizens instead of cultists, no lathi would ever be needed.
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