People’s Watch, a Madurai-based human rights group, has alleged that the CBI inquiry into the police firing during the anti-Sterlite protests was yet to pick up pace. In the FIR registered by the CBI, names of the policemen involved were not mentioned, said the organisation in a report.

In August 2018, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had ordered a CBI inquiry and directed the Central agency to complete its investigation by four months.