அமைதி பேரணியை கட்டுப்படுத்தாமல், போராட்டத்தை முன்நின்று நடத்துபவர்களை சுட்டுக்கொல்ல வேண்டுமென்று முன்கூட்டியே கூட்டுச்சதி செய்த முதல்வர் எடப்பாடி...

DMK leader M.K. Stalin demanded on May 27, 2018, that criminal murder charges be registered against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, the Director General of Police, and the Inspector General of Intelligence for orchestrating the fatal Thoothukudi police firing. Stalin charged that the civilian deaths were the direct outcome of a premeditated conspiracy hatched at the highest administrative levels to execute protest leaders rather than regulate a peaceful march.

Video footage and eyewitness testimonies revealed that plainclothes snipers had mounted police vans and aimed assault rifles directly at unarmed demonstrators from long distances. Stalin stressed that standard crowd-control protocols, including verbal warnings, tear gas, water cannons, and non-lethal rubber bullets, were deliberately bypassed. He stated that such ruthless planning proves the administration sought to silence public opposition to the corporate smelter through mortal terror.

Stalin insisted that subordinate police personnel should not be made scapegoats while political architects and senior commanders escape accountability. He called for an independent, court-monitored investigation to unearth the chain of command behind the firing orders. Stalin reaffirmed that the DMK will relentlessly pursue legal measures to ensure every conspirator faces trial.