The police personnel appearing for inquiry will be questioned by CBI officials about the time and place of their deployment during Vijay's campaign event on September 27, the sequence of events during the stampede, and other details related to the security arrangements in place at the tim
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor-turned-politician Vijay on Monday reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Delhi in connection with the probe into the Karur stampede case, which claimed 41 lives during a party campaign in September 2025.
The CBI took over the investigation from the Tamil Nadu Police in October last year following a Supreme Court order. Since then, the agency has been examining the circumstances surrounding the stampede at a political event in Karur.
Kanimozhi was reacting to Tamilaga Vettri Kazagham chief Vijay's 'X' post, which extended greetings for Thai Pongal and the Tamil New Year. It also triggered a fresh debate over the cultural and political significance of linking Pongal with the Tamil New Year.
"On this Thai Pongal festival, the Tamil harvest celebration, may the lives of Tamil kin across the world be filled with love and peace, and may their well-being and prosperity abound," he wrote on X.
The CBI on Monday, rigorously questioned the actor-turned-politician for over 7 hours at the CBI headquarters. The probe centres on the tragic Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives in September 2025.
While Vijay has been granted a temporary reprieve to return home for the Pongal festival, CBI sources have confirmed that his legal journey is far from over: he will be summoned again for further questioning at a later date.
The Tamil Nadu State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), P Shanmugam, questioned actor Vijay's silence over the delay in granting a censor certificate to the film 'Jana Nayagan', asking how he would raise his voice on public issues if he remains silent on such matters.
Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister KN Nehru on Tuesday said the DMK has no connection with the controversy surrounding the actor and TVK Chief Vijay's film "Jana Nayagan" and questioned why Congress party members were raising the issue.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned the TVK chief Vjay for questioning on January 12 in the deadly Karur stampede case in Tamil Nadu.
TVK chief Vijay paid tribute to the legendary warrior queen Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary, garlanding her statue at the party's headquarters in Chennai.