Sterlite: cases against 13 leaders withdrawn
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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has issued orders to withdraw 38 cases registered over protests against the Sterlite copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi, together with these against 13 leaders of assorted events.
The 13 leaders against whom cases have been withdrawn are R. Nallakannu (CPI); Vaiko (MDMK); K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M); T.T.V. Dhinakaran (AMMK); Premalatha Vijayakant (DMDK); L.K. Sudhish (DMDK); Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan (DMK); Azhagu Muthupandian (CPI); Henry Thomas (AMMK); Poomayil (DWFI); Arthur Machoda (AAP) and (*13*) (DMK), based on an official launch.
The Chief Minister’s resolution to withdraw cases, besides these transferred to the CBI, was based mostly on an interim report submitted by retired High Court choose Aruna Jagadeesan, who led a Commission of Inquiry into the violence and police firing throughout protests against Sterlite in May 2018.
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