Shops were shuttered and streets deserted across Tamil Nadu yesterday as the funeral of Mr Muthuvel Karunanidhi, an iconic politician in the southern Indian state, got under way. His body lay at Rajaji Hall in the state capital, Chennai, where a huge throng of people wanting to pay their last respects turned unruly. The mob caused a stampede that eventually left two people dead and 40 others injured.
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