New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- The Tamil Nadu government has filed its response (counter-affidavit) in the Supreme Court seeking directions to set aside its decision to order a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe into the Karur stampede case.

In its counter-affidavit, the State government has contended that actor and politician Vijay cannot choose the investigating agency or monitoring committee, particularly since both his party and he himself are accused in the Karur stampede case.

Consequently, Vijay, in having moved the apex court against the Madras High Court's decision to order a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the said tragedy and seeking a committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to supervise the investigation, is no...