Rajinikanth breaks silence on Tuticorin killings; says 'the guilty shouldn't get away'

After a week's time, Superstar Rajinikanth has me a strong statement on shocking Tuticorin Sathankulam dual custodial death case. 

In a tweet in Tamil, he says "Even after entire human race condemning barbaric act of police who killed both far and son, I was shocked to kw how some cops behaved in front of magistrate and threatend him. All who are involved in this should be punished for sure, y shouldn't escape from this".

Rajinikanth also put out this tweet with an angry picture which has turned into a display picture of many of his fans. He also has put a hashtag in Tamil #சத்தியமாவிடவேகூடாது, which roughly says 'shouldn't be spared' which is also tending with many tweets from his fans.

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On Sunday, a close aide of Rajinikanth - Kara Thiyagarajan - put out a tweet stating that Rajinikanth spoke with family members of Jayaraj and Bennicks and expressed his deep condolences via phone call. 

Though he spoke to family members through phone, re was criticism that he didn't express his opinion in this matter unlike he expressed his stand in Tuticorin anti-Sterlite protest shootout which killed 13 people. Rajinikanth, in fact, visited Tuticorin when incident happened and supported police n and faced heat for that and also a considerable amount of support.

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This time, after facing a similar kind of heat for staying silent on this issue, actor with political aspirations tweeted and is trending w among his fans on social media.

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