‘Aruna Jegadeesan panel to complete probe by February’
The Hindu
Commission’s advocate says Collector, SP will be the last witnesses
Justice Aruna Jegadeesan Commission probing the police firing during the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi in May 2018 that claimed 13 lives will submit its report by February next year, Commission’s advocate Arul Vadivel Sekar has said. Speaking to reporters here at the Commission’s 29th sitting on Friday, Mr. Sekar said the Commission had summoned 1,209 persons and 863 of them had recorded their statements so far by appearing before the Commission, which had marked 1,140 evidences. Summons were served to the witnesses at least 15 days in advance as most of them had moved to other places.
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