New Delhi, March 15 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay left from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi after the investigative agency questioned him in the Karur stampede case on Sunday.

Vijay was seen smiling, waving to the crowd gathered outside the CBI headquarters.

On September 27, last year, during the public outreach programme of TVK leader Vijay in Karur, a crowd stampede occurred, resulting in the deaths of 41 people.

The Karur stampede case was transferred to the CBI from a state-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) following an order from the Supreme Court, which emphasised the need for an independent and impartial probe.

Since then, the agency has been examining the c...