<p>Chennai: The Madras High Court has expressed displeasure over the manner in which the CBI conducted the investigation into the 2018 Tuticorin police firing against anti-Sterlite protestors in which 13 persons were killed.</p>.<p>Observing that the investigation was not done in a fair manner, the court further stated that "we believe that the police firing was a predetermined act carried out at the behest of an industrialist".</p>.Plea in Madras HC against titles to three new criminal laws in Hindi and Sanskrit.<p>A division bench comprising Justices S S Sundar and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy made the observation recently while hearing a petition from Henri Tiphagne, a social activist. The plea sought to reopen the probe closed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the incident.</p>.<p>The bench also directed the state Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to probe the assets of all the officers including IPS and IAS officers who were posted in the southern district at the relevant point of time.</p>.<p>In May 2018, police opened fire at protestors in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district, after the anti-Sterlite agitation turned violent, leaving 13 persons dead. The protestors were demanding for the closure of the copper smelter unit over pollution concerns. </p>
<p>Chennai: The Madras High Court has expressed displeasure over the manner in which the CBI conducted the investigation into the 2018 Tuticorin police firing against anti-Sterlite protestors in which 13 persons were killed.</p>.<p>Observing that the investigation was not done in a fair manner, the court further stated that "we believe that the police firing was a predetermined act carried out at the behest of an industrialist".</p>.Plea in Madras HC against titles to three new criminal laws in Hindi and Sanskrit.<p>A division bench comprising Justices S S Sundar and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy made the observation recently while hearing a petition from Henri Tiphagne, a social activist. The plea sought to reopen the probe closed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the incident.</p>.<p>The bench also directed the state Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to probe the assets of all the officers including IPS and IAS officers who were posted in the southern district at the relevant point of time.</p>.<p>In May 2018, police opened fire at protestors in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district, after the anti-Sterlite agitation turned violent, leaving 13 persons dead. The protestors were demanding for the closure of the copper smelter unit over pollution concerns. </p>