DMK Organisation Secretary R.S. Bharathi has requested for a CBI investigation into the police firing and lathicharge in Thoothukudi. He has made a representation in this regard to the Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, the Home Secretary and the Director of the CBI.
He noted that it was strange that Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami did not know of the firing and did not go to Thoothukudi citing the prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 CrPC. To find out who was at fault and who gave the firing order, an independent agency like the CBI should conduct the investigation, he said in a press release.