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SC likely to hear Tuticorin PIL on Monday, Centres asks for report on Sterlite Copper plant related violence from TN govt

| @indiablooms | May 26, 2018, at 05:44 pm

Chennai/Tuticorin, May 26 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed on Thursday regarding the death of protesters in the Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant violence case, according to media reports.

The PIL, among other things has appealed for a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of protesters allegedly in police firing after violence erupted in Tuticorin surrounding the Sterlite Copper plant, meda reported.

So far, 13 people have died in the violence that first broke out on Monday.

The Centre has also sought a report on the violence from the Tamil Nadu government, media reported.

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