Thoothukudi: The one-man commission probing the Thoothukudi violence in which 13 persons were killed in the police firing, had summoned a dead man to appear before its enquiry.
The summon dispatched on August 13 to Glaston (42), son of Koilpitchai of Mettupatti street, Therespuram here, ordered Glaston to appear for enquiry of police firing before retired Judge, Aruna Jagadeesan, chairperson of the commission, by 10 am on August 29, unaware of the fact that Glaston was one among the 13 killed in the firing.
Besides ordering the dead person to appear before it without fail with all documents to support his version of the violence, the panel also added that if he failed to appear, the enquiry would be taken ahead without his version.
This flaw of the commission has been criticised by anti-Sterlite activists, who have been demanding an enquiry by a sitting high court judge.
Summoning a dead person for enquiry without even knowing that he was one among the persons killed in the firing, shows the inept manner in which the government is handling the enquiry, they added.
