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NEW DELHI: The CBI connected Tuesday summoned Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) main and Tamil superstar Vijay to look connected January 19 for a 2nd circular of questioning successful transportation with the Karur stampede case. Vijay, who was questioned for implicit six hours astatine the CBI office successful Delhi connected Monday, had initially been asked to instrumentality the adjacent time but requested a aboriginal date, citing the Pongal festival. The national probe bureau besides questioned Tamil Nadu’s erstwhile ADG (law and order) S Davidson Devasirvatham connected Tuesday. So far, it has questioned respective TVK bureau bearers, Vijay’s driver, and immoderate constabulary officers successful the case.The CBI took implicit the probe from a Tamil Nadu Police SIT pursuing a Supreme Court bid and has been gathering grounds related to the September 27, 2025, stampede successful Karur, wherever 41 lives were mislaid and much than 60 radical were injured. The Supreme Court besides acceptable up a three-member supervisory committee, headed by its erstwhile judge, Ajay Rastogi, to show the probe. A seat comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria noted that the stampede has “left an imprint successful the minds of citizens passim the country.” The seat added that the substance has “wide ramifications” for citizens’ lives and that enforcing the cardinal rights of the families who mislaid their kin is of "utmost importance.
"The apical tribunal besides criticised elder constabulary officers for making nationalist comments astir the lawsuit “without having respect for the gravity of the incident,” informing that specified statements could make "doubts" astir the impartiality and fairness of the investigation. After years of hinting astatine a governmental plunge, Vijay yet launched the TVK successful February 2024. The party’s maiden electoral outing volition beryllium the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, expected successful April.(With PTI inputs)
