Sanitary staff want SHRC probe; TN says fringe elements inciting protest

THE sanitation workers, who staged an indefinite protest in front of the headquarters of the GCC recently against privatization of works in two zones, have approached the Madras HC with a plea for ordering an investigation by the State Human Rights Commission into "the police excess" during the August 13 midnight arrest, and for taking disciplinary action against the personnel who had harassed the workers.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Chennai

Meanwhile, the state government has said certain fringe elements are instigating the protests even though 80% of the workers have already joined the private company.