Sterlite protest LIVE updates: ‘Ban Sterlite’, clamour grows as Madras HC stays construction of new smelter plant

Politicians, actors took to Twitter to condemn Tuesday's violence in Thoothukudi, where at least nine were killed in police firing after protests for the closure of Vedanta group's Sterlite Copper plant over pollution concerns turned violent. The Opposition criticised the police action and the government's stoic silence on the issue.

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