CHENNAI: Seeking to play down the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) visit to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) headquarters in Panaiyur on Monday, the party's joint general secretary CTR Nirmal Kumar said the officials had merely come to issue summons and collect certain details regarding the Karur tragedy.

Talking to reporters at the party office, Nirmal Kumar clarified that the CBI team's visit was procedural and part of their preliminary investigation into the incident that occurred during party president Vijay's rally in Velusamy Puram, Karur, in September.

"They (CBI officials) came to issue summons and sought specific details such as the number of cadres who attended the rally. We had already submitted the same information to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted

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