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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | State On Hunting Spree: Anger Mounts In TN After Cops In Civies Shoot Anti-Sterlite Protesters -Anubhav Chakraborty & Gayeti Singh

State On Hunting Spree: Anger Mounts In TN After Cops In Civies Shoot Anti-Sterlite Protesters -Anubhav Chakraborty & Gayeti Singh

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published Published on May 25, 2018   modified Modified on May 25, 2018
-TheCitizen.in

Visuals of cops in plainclothes shoot unarmed protesters in Thoothukudu

NEW DELHI:
“For those who are not yet aware. These are our Police commandos in civil dress shooting at civilians using self loaded rifle which are used to neutralise terrorist. These civilians had placards to defend themselves. This is called premeditated murder,” writes Antony Rubin, a Chennai based activist. A chilling photograph showing a policeman, dressed in plain clothes, taking aim at unarmed, unprepared protesters accompanies the caption.

Tamil Nadu is simmering after at least 12 people lost their lives in Thoothukudu, as the police opened fire on a crowd protesting against Sterlite's industrial plant in Tuticorin.

Anger has reached a boiling point, with many young people taking to Facebook and Twitter to call out the state for its use of heavy handed force. The mainstream media is also a target of this anger, as the narrative that emerged on TV screens and national newspapers glossed over the violence, taking the official Tamil Nadu government stand that police action was unavoidable.

Visuals telecast by local channels in Tamil Nadu however show policemen in plainclothes taking aim at the crowd of protesters from atop a vehicle. The video shows a policeman in a yellow shirt firing a rifle from the vantage point of the van, joined soon by a colleague in a black shirt who gets on top of the van and lies down to take aim. Locals say that the police took aim from other vantage points, including roofs on buildings, as well.

An directive from the State Chief Secretary to the telecom operators in the state instructing them to block internet access in certain districts has contributed to the rising anger. The clamp down is seen as part of the larger cover up by the media and ruling establishments in both Tamil Nadu and New Delhi.

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TheCitizen.in, 24 May, 2018, http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/13898/State-On-Hunting-Spree-Anger-Mounts-In-TN-After-Cops-In-Civies-Shoot-Anti-Sterlite-Protesters


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