PTI
Tuticorin, Mar 12: Tamil film actor and DMK Rajya Sabha member R Sarathkumar escaped with minor injuries when an overcrowded stage on which he was addressing a meeting of his fans association collapsed in Tuticorin on Saturday night, causing a mild flutter, police said.
Police made a lathicharge to disperse the crowd which turned panicky after a transformer near the stage burst when some poles supporting the roof of the stage fell on it, snapping power supply, they said.
The stage collapsed as it was occupied by around 50 persons at the time of the incident.
Besides Sarathkumar, a few others were also hurt.