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HC ordered CBI inquiry on anti-Sterlite protesters

In a major setback for Tamil Nadu government, the Madras High Court ordered CBI inquiry into police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu on May 22 in which 13 people were killed.

After the high court’s order, Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakumar said, “The Court has given its order for the CBI probe. The Tamil Nadu government will definitely meet to decide upon this.”

Violent clashes broke out in May as the police tried to prevent protesters from marching to the district collectorate at Tuticorin; the protesters had been demanding a permanent closure of the Sterlite plant at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu

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