Dy Tehsildar ordered firing in Sterlite protests killing 12
Tuticorin Deputy Tehsildar Sekar had ordered police to fire at protesters opposing the expansion of Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant last week, an FIR on the incident has revealed. Sekar claimed he ordered the firing after all other measures to control the protestors failed. At least 12 people were killed in police firing after protestors pelted stones and toppled police vehicles.