As fellow journalists pray for his speedy and lasting recovery, the incident had left thousands of presspersons in Tamil Nadu astonished and put them in despair.
After learning about his demise, several political leaders from Chief Minister MK Stalin to Opposition leader Edappadi Palaniswami have paid tribute and expressed condolences to the bereaving family.
According to our sources, newly appointed Director-General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu, Shankar Jiwal IPS, who is also head of the police force, has travelled to Theni to pay last respects to Vijayakumar.
The BJP supporters ran a campaign that the station master of the Bahanaga Bazar station was Mohammed Sheriff and that he had been absconding after the accident.