DMK hails HC order transferring probe into firing to CBI

Chennai, Aug 14 (PTI) DMK has welcomed the Madras High Court order transferring to CBI the probe into police firing during the anti-Sterlite stir that claimed 13 lives, saying those who "gunned down" countrymen should be brought to book. The High Court directive today transferring the probe to the central agency was "welcome," DMK working president M K Stalin said in a tweet. "Those who gunned down own countrymen in broad daylight, besides maiming over 50 persons, should be brought before the law and punished," he added. On May 22, large-scale violence erupted after the Tuticorin district collectorate was picketed to seek closure of the copper smelter plant of Sterlite, a unit of the Vedanata group, over pollution concerns. Thirteen people were killed in police firing on May 22 and 23.PTI SA BN BN BN (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)