"I thought I had died in Sterlite police-shooting" - Priest Leo Jayaseelan comes ‘alive’

When around 30,000 people who had been protesting for a 100 days wanted to meet the government official to register their grievances, the police tried to stop them from marching towards the office. Thousands of women and children were present. According to eye-witnesses, the police fired at them above the waist. A 17-year-old girl, an active protester was shot dead. 70-year-old priest, Fr Leo Jeyaseelan, was critically wounded and remains hospitalised. Fr Jeyaseelan was mis-reported to have died in the shooting. Kulasegaram Sanchayan interviews Fr Leo Jeyaseelan over the phone (at the hospital where he is recovering).