TIL Desk/National/Tamil Nadu/ Internet services have been temporarily suspended in Thoothukudi from 9 pm onwards yesterday and will remain suspended until further instructions are issued by the administration.
One person was killed and three others injured earlier yesterday as fresh violence broke out in Anna Nagar, thus taking the death toll of the Sterlite protest incident to 12. On Tuesday, 11 people were killed and over 65 got injured during protests against the construction of a new copper smelter by the Sterlite industries in Thoothukudi.
The agitation turned violent after protesters were barred from marching to the plant, due to which they began to pelt stones and toppled police vehicles. In retaliation, police officials resorted to lathi-charge and tear gas to disperse the crowd to contain the situation.
DMK working President MK Stalin, who was holding protests outside the Tamil Nadu secretariat over the Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, has been detained by the police. Several others detained too.
The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh tomorrow, condemning the police action against protesters in Tuticorin, in which 12 people lost their lives. The DMK had on Tuesday called for an all-party protest in all district headquarters on May 25 to condemn the police firing in Tuticorin district.
