New Delhi, March 15 The CBI questioned actor and TVK chief Vijay at its headquarters here on Sunday in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials said.
This was the third round of questioning for Vijay. He had been questioned twice in January, they said.
The actor had initially been summoned on March 9, but had requested a postponement of 15 days, they said.
The actor had also requested that the questioning be conducted in Chennai or any office in Tamil Nadu, citing his political engagements due to the upcoming state assembly elections, they said.
However, both requests were declined by the agency, which summoned the actor to its headquarters here on Sunday, they said.
The central investigating agency has also requested DMK MLA from Karur, Senthil Balaji, to appear for questioning on March 17, they said.
The CBI took over the case from the SIT following a Supreme Court order, and has been gathering evidence related to the September 27, 2025 stampede that claimed 41 lives and left more than 60 people injured during Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur.
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 that the stampede has left a deep impression on the minds of citizens throughout the country. It has far-reaching implications with respect to the lives of citizens, and enforcing the fundamental rights of the families who lost their loved ones is of utmost importance, the court said.
"The faith and trust of the general public in the investigative process in the criminal justice system must be restored, and one way to instill such trust is to ensure that the investigation in this case is completely impartial, independent, and unbiased," the bench said.