Appearing before a Division Bench of Justices S.S. Sundar and N. Senthilkumar, CBI special public prosecutor K. Srinivasan said, the CJM had, on December 6, 2023 refused to accept a chargesheet filed by the investigating agency following an objection petition filed by CPI(M) former Thoothukudi district secretary K.S. Arjunan.
Thoothukudi Sterlite firing | CBI says it has completed further investigation and submitted a report at Madurai court
The investigating agency was asked to submit its report to the Madras High Court as well; the Court also ordered issuance of notices to all the revenue and police officials who had been arrayed as respondents in a writ petition filed over the 2018 police firing that killed 13 persons
Published – June 18, 2024 04:48 pm IST – CHENNAI
A file photograph of a police official firing at anti-Sterlite protesters in Thoothukudi in May 2018 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, informed the Madras High Court that it had conducted a further investigation into the 2018 Thoothukudi police firing, in which 13 anti Sterlite protesters were shot dead, and filed an additional report before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Madurai.
Appearing before a Division Bench of Justices S.S. Sundar and N. Senthilkumar, CBI special public prosecutor K. Srinivasan said, the CJM had, on December 6, 2023 refused to accept a chargesheet filed by the investigating agency following an objection petition filed by CPI(M) former Thoothukudi district secretary K.S. Arjunan.
