Sniper aiming at protestors in Thoothukudi against Sterlite company
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Thoothukudi firing: Chennai cops issued notice to Frontline editor for exposing commission report

Frontline magazine’s senior journalist, Ilangovan Rajasekaran had accessed key contents of the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission report and wrote about it before it was tabled in the state Assembly.
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Six years after the Thoothukudi police firing incident, where 13 anti-Sterlite protesters were killed and over a hundred others injured, only four police officers have been suspended and no action has been taken against a dozen others. While the DMK government continues to dither in taking action against top cops, the Chennai police had issued a notice to Frontline magazine senior journalist, Ilangovan Rajasekaran, who had accessed key contents of the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission report and written about it. The Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission of Inquiry, which probed the incident, indicted 17 police personnel, including high-ranking officers.

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