Priors
Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018

Detention

23 May 2018

In power
AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
Acted
Police, Tamil Nadu

Police arrested people over the violence from 23 May. Collector Sandeep Nanduri said 65 people had been arrested and remanded and 68 more would be produced before a magistrate for damaging public property; the Tribune reported that 65 of those arrested were granted bail later that day. In the High Court the State said 94 people were taken for interrogation, 65 of them were arrested on 23 May and remanded the next day, and 244 people had been arrested by 14 June. Rights activists alleged that hundreds of young people were held in illegal custody; SP Murali Rambha denied this. The IG said vehicles worth Rs 1.27 crore were burnt [1][2][3][4]

  • 65 arrested and remanded for violence (68 more to be produced before a magistrate), said Collector Sandeep Nanduri [1]
  • 145 taken into custody and remanded, said SP Murali Rambha [3]
  • 243 cases registered in the district up to 14 June 2018, said State of Tamil Nadu (Additional Advocate General, Madras High Court) [2]
  • 244 persons arrested up to 14 June 2018, said State of Tamil Nadu (Additional Advocate General, Madras High Court) [2]
  • Rs 1.27 crore value of vehicles burnt, said IG (South Range) Shailesh Kumar [1]
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Sources

  1. 1Anti-Sterlite protests: 13 dead, 102 injured in Thoothukudi; electricity supply to Sterlite Industries cut off | As it happenedIndia TV, 24 May 2018T5 SecondaryArchived 24 May 2018
  2. 2K. Kathiresan v. State of Tamil Nadu, W.P.(MD) No. 11391 of 2018 and batch (Madurai Bench), order of 14 August 2018Madras High Court (via Indian Kanoon), Justices C.T. Selvam and A.M. Basheer Ahamed, 14 Aug 2018T2 Court
  3. 3Reports of illegal detention hit ThoothukudiDeccan Herald, ETB Sivapriyan, 26 May 2018T4 Report
  4. 4Tuticorin firing toll 13, Rajnath appeals for peaceThe Tribune, 24 May 2018T5 Secondary