Panel for giving relief to injured police personnel
The Hindu
94 police personnel have tendered evidence during the 28th sitting
Justice Aruna Jegadeesan Commission, probing police firing in the anti-Sterlite protest that claimed the lives of 13 persons in May 2018, has said that it would also recommend to the government for relief to the police personnel who were injured in the violence that erupted during the agitation. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday after the end of 28th sitting, the Commission’s advocate, Arul Vadivel Sekar, said that 813 of the 1,153 persons summoned by the Commission had deposed so far while 1,150 evidences had been marked. Ninety-four police personnel deployed near Food Corporation of India godown, VVD Signal and Our Lady of Snows Church premises had tendered evidence during the 28th sitting. A few more policemen would be summoned to appear before the Commission’s next sitting.
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