Police confront smugglers of Tamil origin, strong protest in Tamilnadu

[manlion]

CHITTOOR: This morning's shooting in Andhra Pradesh of 20 alleged sandalwood smugglers threatens to create a political crisis with neighbour Tamil Nadu.

Many of those shot dead in the thick forests in Chittoor in Southern Andhra Pradesh were reportedly from across the border, prompting a strong backlash. "While police have every right to arrest and prosecute offenders, shooting them dead like birds is unacceptable," said Vaiko, the chief of the MDMK party in Tamil Nadu. Other opposition parties have called for a judicial inquiry, though the Tamil Nadu government has yet to comment on the shooting.

In Andhra Pradesh, Deputy Inspector General M Kantha Rao said his officers had opened fire "in self-defence" after they were attacked in the thick forests with stones, axes and knives, about 300 miles north of Hyderabad.

Nine smugglers were killed in one place and 11 in a second clash a kilometre away.

VS Krishna, general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Forum, said an earlier attack described by police as a gunbattle had turned out to be "one-sided firing" by police. Many of the victims of such incidents were poor migrant workers from Tamil Nadu, he said.

A tonne of the rare red sandalwood or red sanders, as it is known, can fetch nearly Rs. 2 crore for the finest Grade 'A' quality in the international market. It has been declared an endangered tree.

A tough plan to combat the smuggling of red sandalwood was a major campaign promise of Chandrababu Naidu ahead of last year's election, which he won. He then formed a special task force, which has been given plenty of modern weapons and resources, to fight the red sandalwood mafia.

 

[Gibbs]

Always thieving others.. Kerala's water, Karnataka's Water, Sri Lanka's fish, It's territory, Andra's forestry.. Issues with Malaysians, Issues in Singapore....................

 

[manlion]

2:10 pm: Civil rights group People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) unit of Tamil Nadu described the murder of 20 red sanders smugglers at the hands of Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday as a "massacre" and demanded trial against the officers who were part of the encounter.

"Landless tribals from Tamil Nadu are lured by smugglers for cutting trees. The labourers are paid around Rs.300. They are not aware about the risks they have to face. The labourers are of the view that cutting trees is a petty crime," Balamurugan said.

Andhra Pradesh Encounter LIVE: Police Shoot Down 20 Sandalwood Smugglers in Chittoor; Activists Call it Massacre

 

[SrNair]

Noone asked them to itch in others forests and their sandalwood .Not all of them are like Keralites .
AP police just followed their orders .What should be they do if that was some maoists or terrorists?
In such cases they dont have any sixth sense to findout whether they are Tamils or not

TN is also not that perfect .Last year they shoot down 5 North Indian immigrant labouers in Chennai without any provocation and only on the basis burglar allegations .

Always thieving others.. Kerala's water, Karnataka's Water, Sri Lanka's fish, It's territory, Andra's forestry.. Issues with Malaysians, Issues in Singapore....................

Andhra police just followed their orders .Tommorrow if some Punjabi or Keralites or Kanndigas attempts for this .they will met the same fate.

 

[temp1994]

20 Criminals shot dead. I say good riddance.

What is problem of Periyar freaks?

A criminal is a criminal.Periyar freaks should be grateful to AP for cleaning out trash.

 

[wolfschanzze]

The Police is just following order,AP police,doesn't tolerate Nonsense, they could have been Maoists,Police don't have the time to arrest them and question whether they are Maoists or migrant workers when they are being attacked.
The reason Maoists are finished is AP region is due to ruthless hunting by Police.While other states struggle with Maoist problems AP,TG regions are safe from them.thanks to our Police.

 

[Ryuzaki]

Should have fed them biryani,right?

 

[Srinivas]

This is an issue with smugglers, China is the big buyer of these red sanders going out of country
through smuggling .

Smugglers consists of all ethnicities including telugiites.

The title is wrong !

Always thieving others.. Kerala's water, Karnataka's Water, Sri Lanka's fish, It's territory, Andra's forestry.. Issues with Malaysians, Issues in Singapore....................

You people are migrants from Orissa and some tribes were from Kerala.
Migrations are common phenomena , through out human history.

 

[manlion]

Noone asked them to itch in others forests and their sandalwood .Not all of them are like Keralites .
AP police just followed their orders .What should be they do if that was some maoists or terrorists?
In such cases they dont have any sixth sense to findout whether they are Tamils or not
.

only an independent Tamilandu can protect Tamils right and safe guard their freedom

 

[Srinivas]

only an independent Tamilandu can protect Tamils right and safe guard their freedom

We have been hearing these rants for a long time, they will be taken care np as always !

Any external threat to the internal security will be given befitting reply.

 

[Gibbs]

You people are migrants from Orissa and some tribes were from Kerala.

Stop projecting yourself as natives of the Island. Migrations are common phenomena , through out human history.

I'm from neither place you mentioned.. Who was talking about migrants moron ? If you cant understand a simple post, Stay away from commenting

 

[SrNair]

only an independent Tamilandu can protect Tamils right and safe guard their freedom

You dont need to talk about them .You ,moron cant even differentiate Tamil and Kannada.So Shut the F up.

 

[SipahSalar]

Independent state for tamils of india is a must now.

 

[babbar]

The OP must be a real piece of shyte to try to make stuff up on an unfortunate event and give it anti tamil color.

Smugglers there have killed and injured many officers. Its just that this time the forest officers were able to get help from armed police.

Poor laborers or not, next time dont try to stone to death forest officers, simples.

 

[SrNair]

Independent state for tamils of india is a must now.

Shall we attempt the same for oppressed people in Balochistan ?
Feels good .right?