Why are women and children sleeping outside?

"On the wee hours of Thursday, Thangamari was sleeping inside her house at Madathur in Thoothukudi with her mother-in-law and two sons -- a seven-and-a-five-year-old -- when police broke into her two-room house." "It was around 3am when a policeman entered the house by breaking open the lock and started searching for my husband. At least seven other policemen were standing outside. Even as I told them that my husband was not in the house, they opened the almirah and checked every corner of the house," recounted Thangamari. Such searches are occurring all over Thoothukudi. The police must be looking for armed terrorists or a serial killer or a dangerous drug gang? "The people of Thoothukudi, where protests against Vedanta's Sterlite Industries Ltd turned violent and 13 people were killed in police firing on 22 and 23 May, have been raising concerns over the searches by the police over the last few weeks. "In the past four days, women and children have spent their nights sleeping on the streets fearing police action" and "most of the men have fled these villages". Sterlite Industries operated a copper smelter which produced half the copper needed in India and has been blamed for polluting air and water by the locals. In 2013, the Supreme Court fined the company Rs 1 billion for pollution but allowed the company to function under supervision of government agencies. Apparently the Pollution Control Board had refused permission for the plant to continue functioning on 19 April, in which case why was the plant still operational and why were 13 protesters shot to death in deliberate police firing? The plant has been closed permanently. Why not close it before killing so many innocent people and why the night raids on local residents? Indian politicians firmly believe in the doctrine of the state having a monopoly on violence and use it liberally. Last year 34 people were shot dead in Haryana when followers of Baba Ram Rahim rioted following his conviction for rape. The government of Haryana must have known because journalists had been warning for days. The Haryana High Court was scathing, saying, "This was political surrender to lure vote banks." The BJP, the party of the Prime Minister, is in power in Haryana. "The PM is of the nation and not of the BJP. National integrity is above parties. Are we one nation or a party nation," asked the Court. Police in India are controlled by politicians and so operate as thugs for whichever party is in power. You can kill a criminal in self defense but we can have no defense against thugs in uniform. Political parties can receive any amount of money from abroad without disclosing the source. Does a foreign nation control our government? That would explain why shooting citizens is so easy.