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People’s Watch, the quality rights organisation based successful Madurai, appealed to the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to initiate indispensable enactment against the constabulary officers and guarantee implicit awarding of the compensation to each those killed and injured successful the Thoothukudi Sterlite firing, arsenic per the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission of enquiry study by May 22 2026.
During a property conscionable present connected Wednesday, Henri Tiphagne, the coordinator of the organisation, was assured that Mr. Vijay who took an antithetic effort to invitation the 20 families of custodial torture victims to his spot adjacent earlier helium won the election, would beryllium earful of the long-pending grievances of specified families who person mislaid their loved ones to the indiscriminate unit of the police.
However, Mr. Tiphagne noted, “This is simply a historical milestone successful the State’s governmental scenario, arsenic nary governmental enactment person successful Tamil Nadu has undertaken specified an inaugural of gathering with truthful galore unfortunate families of antithetic cases astatine 1 go.”
Through immoderate of the participants and I. Aseervatham, State coordinator of People’s Watch, helium said that helium learned astir Mr. Vijay’s attack of individually inquiring with each household astir the nonaccomplishment they had undergone successful losing their household subordinate of custodial torture.
“In particular, upon proceeding astir the decease of the insignificant lad Gokul Sri, who was tortured and killed astatine the Chengalpattu Government Observation Home, Mr. Vijay held the manus of the grieving parent and was moved to tears,” helium added.
Mr. Aseervatham adding, said, aft helium presented the details of the 28 custodial decease cases that took spot successful DMK authorities to Mr. Vijay, the erstwhile aft expressing frustration, said, “What americium I going to bash for the radical of our nine who person travel to maine with truthful overmuch religion and hope, surviving successful the astir marginalised conditions.”
Mr. Tiphagne, taking the pb from the caller Chief Minister’s attack to the custodial violences and tortures, demanded, “While observing the 8 day of the 16 lives that were mislaid successful the Thoothukudi Sterlite firing connected May 22, 2026, the caller authorities should guarantee completion of the departmental enactment against the constabulary and gross section unit progressive successful the transgression withing a clip framework to beryllium made nationalist arsenic per the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission of Inquiry report.”
Further, helium said, enactment should beryllium initiated immediately, by registering transgression cases against the erring constabulary and gross officers, arresting the accused wherever required, appointing Special Investigation Team, conducting a speedy investigation, filing a chargesheet and proceeding with the proceedings – each successful a time-bound manner.
It should besides beryllium ensured that the pending compensation to each those killed and injured successful the firing beryllium disbursed immediately, helium added.
“The transgression cases filed by the CBI against the guiltless protesters should beryllium withdrawn. The cases pending earlier the Chief Judicial Magistrate successful Madurai for the past 4 years should beryllium withdrawn immediately,” Mr. Tiphagne stated.
Apart from this, helium demanded the constitution of exclusive peculiar courts (expecting those pending SC/ST courts) wherever required to guarantee speedy proceedings to present justness and alleviation to the affected families successful each cases of custodial deaths that occurred successful constabulary custody successful Tamil Nadu nether the DMK government.
“Ensure proviso of compensation to each affected families who mislaid their loved 1 successful specified custodial deaths during the erstwhile government, arsenic was granted successful the Ajith Kumar lawsuit pursuing an bid of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court,” Mr. Tiphagne observed.
