9
agitated people were killed and many injured in a police firing during a rally
at Tamilnadu Tuesday this week. The rally was called for the closing of
Sterlite Copper Plant at Tuticorin. Sterlite is a co-company of Vedanta Group.
According to report, the protestors began the
stone pelting; police began Lathicharge; then fired Tear Gas Shell. When the
situation had gone out of control, the police opened fire at protestors’ mob.
The outrage crowd turtled a police vehicle; the sabotage of vehicles has
been reported, and the parked vehicles nearby have been burnt. The damages of
vehicles have been identified. All vehicles belong to the state revenue
department. The building glasses were shattered after the protestors stone
throwing.
The section
144 has been imposed at south Tuticorin and in the nearby areas after the
violence
The gathering
of 5 or more peoples, rally or general meeting, the crowd march, fierce arms or
march with the flags and the vehicles utilization for the protest have been
restricted in the district. The injured have been rushed to the Tuticorin
Medical College.
The death
toll may rise now more. The protesters say
that the plant is the cause of pollution; and the company has announced
recently its extension.
