: Police firing on anti-Sterlite protestors in Thoothukudi is a ‘scar on democracy’, says Madras HC #IndiaNEWS The police firing on citizens protesting against the Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil

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Police firing on anti-Sterlite protestors in Thoothukudi is a ‘scar on democracy’, says Madras HC #IndiaNEWS
The police firing on citizens protesting against the Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district in 2018 is a “scar on democracy�, the Madras High Court said on Monday, Bar and Bench reported. The court said that the incident must not be forgotten.Thirteen protestors were killed in the police firing on May 22, 2018, causing national outrage and the subsequent closure of the plant. Residents of the area have consistently claimed the Sterlite Copper plant contaminated the region’s air and water resources.On Monday, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice TS Sivagnanam made the observation while hearing a plea to reopen an investigation into the firing by the National Human Rights Commission.“It [the incident] really has gone out of public mind but there were fifteen or sixteen citizens who lost their lives,� Banerjee said. “That kind of incident should be a scar on the face of our democracy. We should never forget.� The petition to reopen the NHRC inquiry has been filed by Henry Tiphagne, the executive director of non-government organisation People’s Watch, according to PTI.In his plea, Tiphagne submitted that the human rights body had closed investigation into the firing in October 2018. The NHRC was yet to disclose the contents of the report filed by its...Read more

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