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The Centre has asked the Tamil Nadu government to provide details of the incident at Thoothukudi, in which 11 people lost their lives in police firing. The deceased were part of a protest demanding the closure of Vedanta group’s Sterlite Copper plant over pollution concerns.
In another development, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo-moto cognisance of the violence at Thoothukudi and has asked for an investigation. The Commission have given two weeks for the state to respond.
The situation at Thoothukudi, meanwhile, continues to be tense, with the police lathi-charging those gathered at the hospital where the post mortem
