Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin remains tense after 13 people died in police firing on people protesting the expansion of copper smelter plant owned by Sterlite Copper. Internet services have been suspended in the coastal town even as authorities have ordered a power cut at the controversial plant. Here is the latest on this developing situation.
PM is pained by the loss of lives, says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told ANI he's deeply pained by the loss of lives during the anti-Sterlite protests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "also concerned about [the] situation and is pained by loss of lives", he said.
#WATCH: Home Minister Rajnath Singh says "I'm deeply pained the loss of lives during the agitation in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu...MHA has taken cognisance of the incident and sought a report from the state govt." #Thoothukudi
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Chief minister blames 'certain political parties, NGOs, anti-social elements'
At a press conference, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami blamed "the entire episode" on "certain political parties, NGOs, and anti-social elements" who took protesters "to a wrong path," ANI reported. "If someone is attacked, the natural course would be to defend and safeguard themselves. This is what has been done by the police in response," Palaniswami said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (L) and his deputy CM, O Panneerselvam. (Photo: Twitter/@ani)
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Vedanta chairman's statement
In a statement, Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal expressed pain at recent events in Tuticorin. The Sterlite Copper plant in the southern Tamil city is a property of Vedanata.
Sandeep Nanduri, the Tuticorin district collector, says his first priority is to bring back normalcy, ANI reports.
My first priority is to bring back normalcy. As far as the violence, the shooting and who gave the orders for the shooting is concerned, an inquiry will be done by a judge appointed by the Tamil Nadu govt: Sandeep Nanduri, #Thoothukudi District Collector on #SterliteProtests
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Stalin detained in Chennai
DMK leader MK Stalin was detained while he held a protest outside the Tamil Nadu secretariat over the Tuticorin issue, ANI reported. Several others were also detained.
Photo: Twitter/@ani
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Booked for violating Section 144
Opposition leaders who visited victims of the violence that occurred after anti-Sterlite protests broke out in Tuticorin, have been booked for violating Section 144. Read more here.
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Rahul to head south?
Congress president Rahul Gandhi wants to visit Tuticorin, but is waiting for the situation to become normal, sources said. He wants to meet the locals, but that isn't possible now since Section 144 is in place.
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Cases galore
Cases have been filed under Sections 144, 188, and 153(A) against MK Stalin, Kamal Haasan, Thirumavalavan, Vaiko, Thirunavukkarasar and K Balakrishnan after they visited Tuticorin yesterday.
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'Hardly any systematic functioning'
Tuesday's protest was hardly a surprise. Ten days earlier, protesters had announced they would march to the Tuticorin collectorate to mark the 100th day of the movement. Sources said state authorities didn't take the issue seriously. "Since there is no command structure and accountability, there is hardly any systematic functioning. So unlike [the] Jallikattu or Kudankulam protests, this was not addressed with diligence," a source told India Today. Read Priyamvatha's report here.
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Ground report
The Tuesday morning on which clashes broke out between the public and the police in Tuticorin marked the 100th day of the protest against the Sterlite Copper plant. Watch Akshaya Nath's ground report right here.
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30,000 jobs axed
Sterlite Copper has decided to axed more than 30,000 jobs at the controversial Tuticorin plant that is in an eye of a storm. Nearly all of the plant's indirect workers face an uncertain future as the plant affects a "planned shutdown". Read more about this in our report here.
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What happened overnight
The Tamil Nadu administration ordered a suspension of internet services in Tuticorin as the region continued to simmer over Monday's police firing. 13 people have been killed so far with one person succumbing to his injuries at a government hospital today morning. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has also ordered a power cut at the plan with the board alleging that Sterlite Copper failed to meet conditions mentioned in the licence it was given earlier.
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