The Inquiry Commission, which was installed to probe the Thoothukudi violence and massacre that was erupted between the police and the protesters over shutting down the Sterlite copper plant, has, on Tuesday, issued a subpoena for Actor and political hopeful Rajinikanth to appear before the commission on February 25th, 2020, to disclose his assertion and the base of his speech that he aired after visiting Thoothukudi in 2018.

On May 22nd, 2018, Thoothukudi had witnessed the unprecedented anarchy and fracas after the Tamil Nadu police had assassinated about 13 people after the rally that was organized to voice against the Sterlite copper plant went violent. The rally was attended by hundreds of people who had demonstrated peaceful protests for about 99 days to urge the government to shut down the copper plant that possessed huge danger for their lives.

The police action of killing 13 people including a student has become one of the black days for the state and it had largely instigated the protests across the state. The incident is one of the anti-people policies that the ruling ADMK party has in its records. While taking the lives of 13 people, the shooting had injured dozens of people who were then hospitalized after which Rajinikanth had directly visited the injured people in the pearl city.

The statement that had made after he arrived at Chennai had now boomeranged against him. Upon his arrival, Rajinikanth claimed that the violence was incited by the anti-social elements and these anti-social elements had collapsed the police patrols and attacked police personnel and sieged the District collectorate. He stated that the protesters are not public. He further added that the anti-social elements had stormed into the protests like how they infiltrated in Jallikattu protests. His statement had caused more unrest in the state when most of the people were grieving for the victims.

After the incident, the Tamil Nadu government had constituted a one-person inquiry commission to probe the violence and the shootings. It has been headed by retired Justice and the commission has been covering the law and order incidents and violations and it has now summoned Rajinikanth to ratify what he knows about the violence.

The commission that has been headed by retired Justice Aruna Jagadeesan has summoned Rajinikanth to appear in the commission's office which is situated on the beach road of the city. Earlier, the commission had subpoenaed and investigated Seeman and several stakeholders concerning the violence.