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THOOTHUKUDI: 5 years after 13 civilians have been killed in police firing in Thoothukudi all through anti-Sterlite protests, police and earnings officers discovered responsible by means of the Aruna Jegadeesan inquiry committee have no longer been prosecuted but. The Aruna Jegadeesan committee appointed to probe into the incident has indicted 17 police staff and 4 earnings officers for the deaths between Might 22 and 23 in 2018.
The case was once probed by means of each the CBI and the inquiry fee. The CBI, which took over the case on August 14, 2018, from the CB-CID as directed by means of the Madurai Bench of the Madras Top Court docket, had charge-sheeted 101 other people and Thirumalai, a police inspector. The officer was once later promoted to DSP.
The Jegadeesan panel that investigated the incident for 4 years at a price of five.5 crore, held 17 police staff accountable for police excesses and 4 earnings officers for lapses. Whilst one among them was once an IAS officer, there have been 3 deputy tahsildars, 3 IPS officials, one DSP, 3 inspectors, two sub-inspectors and 8 police constables. A lot of them have been promoted to better posts later.
The document discovered constables Raja, Sathish Kumar and Mathavan responsible of the usage of guns to gun down Karthick, Jayaraman and Kaliappan, respectively, whilst constable Sudalaikannu was once held only accountable for killing Manirajan, Shanmugam, Selvaraj and Jansi Rani. Corroborating with proof and witnesses, the retired pass judgement on had concluded that both Constable Shankar or SI Rennes had a task in taking pictures down Tamilarasan and Kanthaiah on the district collectorate. In a similar way, SI Sornamani or constable Sudalaikannu had killed Ranjith at the collectorate campus, constable Thandavamurthy or Sudalaikannu had killed Snowlin, and Sudalaikannu or constable Sathish Kumar should have shot useless Glaston outdoor the collectorate, the only guy fee document mentioned whilst recommending felony motion in opposition to them.
Aside from police staff, the fee urged departmental motion in opposition to the then collector Venkatesh for his commissions and omissions and urged initiation of departmental motion and different movements identified to legislation in opposition to 3 particular govt magistrates/deputy tahsildars — Sekar, Chandran and Kannan — because the fee didn’t settle for their explanations for allegedly issuing taking pictures orders.
A sister of the deceased sufferer informed TNIE, “Why has the federal government no longer arrested the police staff who have been discovered responsible of killing 13 other people by means of the Aruna Jegadeesan committee? The federal government should check in FIR in opposition to every of those staff and so they should be detained to render justice to the sufferers’ households,” she mentioned.
An RTI answer mentioned the state executive had positioned DSP Thirumalai, head constables Shankar, Sudalaikannu, and Satheeshkumar underneath suspension pending inquiry since October 17, 2022. The suspension order of constable M Shankar accessed by means of TNIE mentioned he was once suspended over pending grave fees in opposition to him for positive lapses detailed within the document of the fee of inquiry by means of Justice Aruna Jegadeesan.
Anti-Sterlite activist Merina Prabhu mentioned the DMK executive didn’t stroll the debate. “They promised befitting motion ahead of coming to energy, however motion is lacking now,” he mentioned.
Henri Tiphagne, govt director, Other folks’s Watch, mentioned the state executive should take steps to get permission from the HC for additional investigation by means of a different investigation staff, at the foundation of proof in Aruna Jegadeesan’s document as in line with Segment 173(8) of Legal Process Code. “The 17 law enforcement officials and 4 earnings officers named within the document should be positioned underneath suspension right away till they’re prosecuted,” he mentioned. Whilst the CBI held rioters accountable for violence, the Jegadeesan committee document held the police responsible of killing civilian protesters.
Activist Krishnamurthy informed TNIE, “We can not settle for the CBI’s chargesheet, because it was once partial. The CM must smash the silence and make sure justice for the folk. The sufferers gets justice, provided that the ones discovered responsible are punished.”
A bureaucrat informed TNIE that the Aruna Jegadeesan document may be biased because it didn’t grasp the protesters in charge of the mob task that spread out after the police opened fireplace. There’s a want for additional investigation, he mentioned.
THOOTHUKUDI: 5 years after 13 civilians have been killed in police firing in Thoothukudi all through anti-Sterlite protests, police and earnings officers discovered responsible by means of the Aruna Jegadeesan inquiry committee have no longer been prosecuted but. The Aruna Jegadeesan committee appointed to probe into the incident has indicted 17 police staff and 4 earnings officers for the deaths between Might 22 and 23 in 2018.
The case was once probed by means of each the CBI and the inquiry fee. The CBI, which took over the case on August 14, 2018, from the CB-CID as directed by means of the Madurai Bench of the Madras Top Court docket, had charge-sheeted 101 other people and Thirumalai, a police inspector. The officer was once later promoted to DSP.
The Jegadeesan panel that investigated the incident for 4 years at a price of five.5 crore, held 17 police staff accountable for police excesses and 4 earnings officers for lapses. Whilst one among them was once an IAS officer, there have been 3 deputy tahsildars, 3 IPS officials, one DSP, 3 inspectors, two sub-inspectors and 8 police constables. A lot of them have been promoted to better posts later. googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The document discovered constables Raja, Sathish Kumar and Mathavan responsible of the usage of guns to gun down Karthick, Jayaraman and Kaliappan, respectively, whilst constable Sudalaikannu was once held only accountable for killing Manirajan, Shanmugam, Selvaraj and Jansi Rani. Corroborating with proof and witnesses, the retired pass judgement on had concluded that both Constable Shankar or SI Rennes had a task in taking pictures down Tamilarasan and Kanthaiah on the district collectorate. In a similar way, SI Sornamani or constable Sudalaikannu had killed Ranjith at the collectorate campus, constable Thandavamurthy or Sudalaikannu had killed Snowlin, and Sudalaikannu or constable Sathish Kumar should have shot useless Glaston outdoor the collectorate, the only guy fee document mentioned whilst recommending felony motion in opposition to them.
Aside from police staff, the fee urged departmental motion in opposition to the then collector Venkatesh for his commissions and omissions and urged initiation of departmental motion and different movements identified to legislation in opposition to 3 particular govt magistrates/deputy tahsildars — Sekar, Chandran and Kannan — because the fee didn’t settle for their explanations for allegedly issuing taking pictures orders.
A sister of the deceased sufferer informed TNIE, “Why has the federal government no longer arrested the police staff who have been discovered responsible of killing 13 other people by means of the Aruna Jegadeesan committee? The federal government should check in FIR in opposition to every of those staff and so they should be detained to render justice to the sufferers’ households,” she mentioned.
An RTI answer mentioned the state executive had positioned DSP Thirumalai, head constables Shankar, Sudalaikannu, and Satheeshkumar underneath suspension pending inquiry since October 17, 2022. The suspension order of constable M Shankar accessed by means of TNIE mentioned he was once suspended over pending grave fees in opposition to him for positive lapses detailed within the document of the fee of inquiry by means of Justice Aruna Jegadeesan.
Anti-Sterlite activist Merina Prabhu mentioned the DMK executive didn’t stroll the debate. “They promised befitting motion ahead of coming to energy, however motion is lacking now,” he mentioned.
Henri Tiphagne, govt director, Other folks’s Watch, mentioned the state executive should take steps to get permission from the HC for additional investigation by means of a different investigation staff, at the foundation of proof in Aruna Jegadeesan’s document as in line with Segment 173(8) of Legal Process Code. “The 17 law enforcement officials and 4 earnings officers named within the document should be positioned underneath suspension right away till they’re prosecuted,” he mentioned. Whilst the CBI held rioters accountable for violence, the Jegadeesan committee document held the police responsible of killing civilian protesters.
Activist Krishnamurthy informed TNIE, “We can not settle for the CBI’s chargesheet, because it was once partial. The CM must smash the silence and make sure justice for the folk. The sufferers gets justice, provided that the ones discovered responsible are punished.”
A bureaucrat informed TNIE that the Aruna Jegadeesan document may be biased because it didn’t grasp the protesters in charge of the mob task that spread out after the police opened fireplace. There’s a want for additional investigation, he mentioned.