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Madras HC asks officials to preserve bodies of 6 for re-autopsy

Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) and forest officials encounter in Seshachalam Forest which led to the death of 20 Red Sander Smugglers hailing from Tamil Nadu creates high tension between Andhra Pradesh and the neighbouring state. The encounter has come under severe attack from the human rights groups, AIADMK government and political parties across Tamil Nadu. Massive uproar by…

Two international red sandalwood smugglers killed in Chittoor encounter

Two out of the 20 killed in an encounter today were international red wood smugglers, an officer with the Red Sanders Anti Smuggling Task Force informed. Twenty red sandalwood smugglers were killed in an encounter with the RSASTF at 5 am this morning. RSATF DIG informed Oneindia over phone that 20 smugglers had been killed and the hunt was on for more. He also informed that 11 were killed at…

Twenty red sandalwood smugglers shot dead in Tpt forests

In a major operation the AP Police on Tuesday early morning claimed to have killed 20 red sandalwood smugglers in an encounter inside the Tirupati forests in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.

Police sources said the red sandalwood smugglers, equipped with sickles and axes, hurled stones at cops to incite the crackdown. Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) sleuths then started fire on…