Anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin:  Madras High Court orders re-postmortem on 7 bodies

Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered re-postmortem on bodies of 7 victims of anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin.

The court mandates a doctor from AIIMS or Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research or Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum to be a part of the team.

Madras High Court also orders preservation of bodies six other victims.

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Bullet injuries to be photographed & bodies X-rayed in all angles before handing over the bodies to the families.

Large-scale violence on May 22 against the Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin and police firing led to the death of 12 persons and the next day saw one more youth succumbing to injuries sustained in police firing.

Sterlite Copper is a unit of Vedanta Ltd which operates a 400,000-tonne per annum capacity plant here.