New Delhi, March 15 The CBI questioned actor and TVK chief Vijay for over seven hours at its headquarters here on Sunday regarding the stampede that occurred during his rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu, last year, which claimed 41 lives, officials said.
The actor left the agency headquarters after the questioning and related formalities concluded around 6 pm, they said. This was the third time Vijay was questioned. He had been questioned twice in January.
Vijay was initially summoned on March 9. However, he had requested a postponement of the date by 15 days, officials said.
The actor had also requested that the questioning be conducted in Chennai or any office in Tamil Nadu, citing prior political engagements ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, they said.
However, both requests were declined by the agency, which summoned the actor to its headquarters here on Sunday.
The central investigating agency has also asked the DMK MLA from Karur, Senthil Balaji, to appear before it for questioning on March 17, officials said.
The CBI took over the case from an SIT following a Supreme Court order and has been gathering evidence related to the stampede that occurred on September 27, 2025, during Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur, which claimed 41 lives and left more than 60 people injured.
In October last year, the apex court asked the CBI director to appoint a senior officer to take over the investigation and also constituted a supervisory committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Ajay Rastogi to monitor the agency's investigation.
A bench comprising Justices J K Maheshwari and N V Anjaria had said the stampede has left a lasting impact on the minds of citizens throughout the country. It has wide ramifications with respect to the lives of citizens, and enforcing the fundamental rights of the families who lost their kin is of utmost importance, the court had said.
"The faith and trust of the general public in the investigative process must be restored in the criminal justice system, and one way to instill such trust is to ensure that the investigation in this case is completely impartial, independent, and unbiased," the bench had said.