Madras High Court orders CBI inquiry into firing at anti-Sterlite protests

The CBI shall register cases on the complaints received against officials or police related to the occurrences at Thoothukudi on the day of firing, the court said

The Madras High Court has ordered a time-bound Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the police firing that killed 13 people during the protests against Vedanta Group firm Sterlite Copper's smelter plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, on May 22. The CBI has to appoint a special team for an investigation into the matter.

In a common order issued on several petitions filed against the state government, Justice C T Selvam and Justice A M Basheer Ahamed said that the CBI shall register cases on the complaints received against officials or police related to the occurrences at Thoothukudi on the day