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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and histrion Vijay again for questioning connected January 19 successful transportation with the probe into the Karur stampede tragedy, according to bureau sources.
On Monday (January 12, 2026), the bureau recorded his connection for implicit six hours and wanted to proceed the questioning connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026). However, Mr. Vijay asked for different day owed to Pongal.
The CBI has examined respective different TVK leaders during the investigations truthful far. It re-registered the lawsuit connected the orders of the Supreme Court connected October 13. Noting that the incidental had “shaken the nationalist conscience”, the tribunal ordered the probe into the stampede that claimed 41 lives during a rally organised by the TVK.
The tribunal has besides constituted a three-member monitoring committee chaired by erstwhile Supreme Court justice Justice Ajay Rastogi, to supervise the advancement of the CBI probe.
Stating that entrusting the probe to the aforesaid constabulary whose elder officials had publically exonerated their subordinates would compromise the credibility of the investigation, the tribunal said: “This information successful itself creates a uncertainty successful the minds of the wide nationalist astir the independency and impartiality of the investigation... Caught successful the doldrums are the families of the deceased, injured victims and kith and kin of those who mislaid their lives successful this tragedy. For them, the governmental tussle betwixt the 2 sides is of small solace”.
