Rajinikanth may be summoned in January for his comments on the anti-Sterlite protests

CHENNAI: Rajinikanth may be summoned to appear before the Justice (retired) Aruna Jagadeesan Commission in connection with the riots and police-firing in May 2018 on the anti-Sterlite protesters wherein 14 people died.

“He has started shooting so he is likely to be summoned next month. The list of witnesses to be summoned will be prepared after the 23rd sitting ends on Friday,” the Counsel of the commission Arul Vadivel said on Thursday while addressing the media.

The actor is being summoned as his comment on the ‘intrusion of anti-social elements’ being the reason for the mob turning violent which forced police to open fire created a stir and made him the actor-turned-politician the eye of a media storm.


January also happens to be the month that the actor is expected to make his much-anticipated political entry.