: Rajinikanth summoned for remark on anti-Sterlite protests by commission investigating police firing #IndiaNEWS The judicial commission investigating the violence at Vedanta’s Sterlite copper smelting

Rajinikanth summoned for remark on anti-Sterlite protests by commission investigating police firing #IndiaNEWS
The judicial commission investigating the violence at Vedanta’s Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi city in 2018 on Monday summoned actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth over his remark that anti-social elements had infiltrated the protest against the facility’s expansion, The Hindu reported. Thirteen people were killed in police firing at the facility.Rajinikanth was asked to appear before the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission on January 19. This was the second summons issued to actor as he had failed to appear before the commission on February 25 this year. The actor, after meeting people injured in the violence on May 30, 2018, had justified police action against the protestors. He said that the protest turned violent only when its participants attacked the police. “I will not tolerate attacks on the police,??? he declared. The remark contradicted the video statement Rajinikanth released on May 22, in which he had accused the police of high-handedness. Also read: Rajinikanth’s Thoothukudi visit is a self-inflicted blow to his political career in Tamil NaduA unidentified official told The Times of India that relatives of the people killed in the violence and Naam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman were among those who demanded that the commission summon Rajinikanth over his remark. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had refused to allow the reopening of the Sterlite plant for...Read more

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