10 killed as police fire on anti-Sterlite protesters in TN
At least 10 people were killed and 65 others were injured after police fired at protestors demanding the closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin. Police imposed Section 144 and used teargas after protestors indulged in stone-pelting, toppled police vehicles, and set vehicles on fire. Protestors alleged that the plant was polluting ground water in their area.