Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, on Monday, March 9, has sought 15 days’ time from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look for the third spherical of questioning in reference to the Karur stampede case. He has additionally requested that the probe be performed in Chennai or one other location in Tamil Nadu as a substitute of New Delhi.
Vijay’s request got here after he obtained recent summons from the CBI asking him to look earlier than the Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) for additional questioning. Sources confirmed that Vijay knowledgeable the company he can be unable to journey to Delhi at current on account of election-related commitments and different private causes.
The actor-politician was earlier questioned by the CBI on January 12 and January 19 as a part of the investigation. In keeping with sources, the company has gathered materials in the course of the earlier rounds of questioning that requires additional clarification from him.
The newest summons comes amid hypothesis that the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) have been approaching TVK for attainable alliance talks forward of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Meeting elections.
A senior TVK chief informed TNM that whereas a number of political events, together with the AIADMK, had reached out to the get together up to now, its place remained unchanged. “Our stance has remained the identical and there’s no change in it,” the chief stated.
The CBI probe pertains to the that occurred in Velusamypuram in Karur city on September 27 final yr, through which 41 folks, together with 9 kids, had been killed.
Hundreds of TVK cadre and Vijay’s followers had gathered for a public assembly and had reportedly waited for greater than six hours previous Vijay’s scheduled arrival time. The TVK chief, who was on a statewide marketing campaign tour, was anticipated to reach from Namakkal at round 12.45 pm however reached the venue solely round 7 pm.
As crowds surged when Vijay lastly arrived, panic broke out among the many massive gathering. Many individuals reportedly collapsed within the crush, triggering chaos on the venue. Ambulances rushed to the scene whereas police struggled to regain management of the group.
The demise toll finally rose to 41, making it one of many deadliest stampede incidents within the state lately. The CBI later took over the investigation and has since questioned a number of TVK leaders and authorities officers, together with the Karur district collector, Superintendent of Police Jose Thangaya and a number of income officers.
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