Kamal Haasan
, the Makkal Needhi Maiam leader, rushed to Thoothukudi, after hearing about the death of the people who took part in the Sterlite protest. He met the victims of the gunfire incident. On hearing them speaking about the protest and losing their family members in the gunfire by the police, Kamal Haasan turned emotional. His eyes filled with tears. Kamal met the press and media and said that although the government gives the compensation to the lost souls, it will never equate them. This gunfire incident had happened to satisfy someone, said Kamal Haasan. Who ordered the police to shoot at the people? This truth should come out, said Kamal Haasan!