Chennai: The CB-CID has been entrusted with the investigation and tracing of a Tamil Nadu environmental activist Mugilan alias Shanmugham. Mugilan went missing on February 15
shortly after he claimed involvement of senior police officers in the police firing at anti-Sterlite
protesters at Tuticorin on May 22 and 23 last year which claimed the lives of 13 people.

The state government has ordered CB-CID probe following repeated pleas by activists and political
parties to trace the missing activist.

சுற்றுச்சூழல் ஆர்வலரான முகிலன் காணாமல் போனது தொடர்பாக எழும்பூர் போலீஸார் விசாரணை அறிக்கையை தாக்கல் செய்ய உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

சூழலியல் போராளி முகிலன் காணாமல் போய் 7 நாள்கள் ஆன நிலையில், அவரை மீட்டுத்தரக் கோரி சமூக இயக்கங்களின் கூட்டமைப்பு சென்னை மாநகர ஆணையரிடம் புகார் அளித்துள்ளது . 

The Madras High Court on Monday sought the response of the Police Department by Friday to a habeas corpus petition alleging the mysterious disappearance of anti-Sterlite activist T. Mugilan alias Shanmugam.

The Madras High Court issued notices to Chennai’s police commissioner and the Superintendents of Police of Kanchipuram and Villupuram districts in the matter.

Two days after Mugilan — the activist who alleged that senior police officers were involved in the Sterlite firing — went missing, the Madras High Court issued notices to the Commissioner of Police, Chennai and the Superintendents of Police of Kanchipuram and Villupuram districts based on a habeas corpus petition filed in the court.

சுற்றுச்சசூழல் பாதுகாப்பு இயக்கத்தின் செயற்பாட்டாளர் முகிலனை ஆஜர்ப்படுத்தக்கோரி இன்று சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் ஆட்கொணர்வு மனு தாக்கல் செய்யப்படுகிறது.

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His fellow activists, SP Udayakumaran and Henri Tiphange speak about their friend, his disappearance and the theories that surround it.

During the call Mugilan reportedly told Sridhar about threats he had received from police and Sterlite officials.

WhereIsMugilan? This has been the question on the minds of activists, family, friends and scores of people over the past month. On Friday, Twitter was flooded with questions from people questioning the government and police on the mysterious disappearance of the activist who was last seen in Chennai on February 15.

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We are writing to express our grave concern over the missing of environmental rights defender Mr. Mugilan from Chennai after he addressed a press conference where he alleged the role of police officials in Thoothukudi police firing.

Rights outfits hold protest to trace Mugilan 

A large number of people from human rights organizations and various political parties took part in a protest in Madurai on Thursday organized to urge the state government and the police department to find the whereabouts of social activist Mugilan.