Chennai: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced an additional relief of Rs 5.25 crore to families of the victims of the police action against those who took part in the agitation against the Sterlite project in Thoothukudi in 2018.
An official press release on Wednesday said 13 people died in the police firing on the protestors on May 22 and May 23, 2018, when 40 others were grievously injured in Thoothukudi.
Though the government had provided a relief of Rs 25 lakh to the families of each of those who were killed and Rs 5 lakh to each of the 40 injured persons, now an additional relief of Rs 5.25 crore was being announced, the release said.
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