Three PILs on Tuticorin incident filed in HC

Three PILs, relating to the violence and the resultant police firing in Tuticorin over the Vedanta group's copper plant, were today filed before the vacation bench of the Madras High Court.

The public interest litigations are expected to come up tomorrow.

In his petition, social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy sought the setting up of a high-level social media monitoring committee to take immediate measures to "restrict or coverage of trouble/violence-prone incidents," as, he felt, they could fuel mob fury.

In his petition, a journalist Silambarasan, among other things, sought a direction of the court to constitute an independent judicial committee headed by sitting high court judge to probe the firing incident.

In the other plea, president of Makkal Arasu Katchi S Rajanikanth sought the suspension of police officials who had allegedly "indulged in violence and killed innocent people."