Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday orally observed that it was unable to digest the 2018 Tuticorin police firing against anti-Sterlite protestors, in which 13 persons were killed.
A division bench comprising Justices S S Sundar and N Senthilkumar made the observation while hearing a petition from social activist Henri Tiphagne, seeking to reopen the probe closed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the incident.
The bench said when the people were running, the police chased them and opened fire. “Our vision is purely public interest”.
In May 2018, police opened fire at protestors in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district, after the anti-Sterlite agitation turned violent, leaving 13 persons dead. The protestors were demanding for the closure of the copper smelter unit over pollution concerns.
