The peaceful people’s protest against Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi became violent on its 100th day, leading to the killing of 13 people in police firing, due to the infiltration of anti-social elements into it, actor Rajinikanth said on Wednesday.
The anti-social elements should be crushed with an iron hand like late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa did, Mr. Rajinikanth told reporters at a private resort on the outskirts of the coastal town after meeting those injured in the police firing, at Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital.
“The protest carried blood stains on it only after anti-social elements infiltrated into the agitation.