The Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu police on Saturday arrested five policemen and one Home Guard for their involvement in the death of Vignesh in custody here on April 19, police sources said.
Acting on the instructions of Director-General of Police (CB-CID) M. Shakeel Akhter, a special team interrogated the police personnel who were on duty on April 18 and 19 and took them into custody, sources in the investigating agency said.
People’s Watch, a Madurai-based human rights organisation has condemned Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (TNCCI) statement
welcoming National Green Tribunal’s decision to set aside the State’s order to close Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi.
Thoothukudi: Activists plan hunger strike after green tribunal allows Vedanta plant to re-open. Some have demanded that the government introduce a policy to permanently shut the Sterlite copper smelter, which they say is a major polluter in the district.
Human Rights Defender Henri Tiphagne Selected to Win Civil Liberties Award. Tiphagne, the founder of the human rights organisation People’s Watch said, "The award is a boost for continuing the fight for dissent, democracy and human rights not only in the courts of law, but also on the streets."