Andhra Pradesh Encounter LIVE: 20 Killed in Encounter Between Police, Smugglers in Chittoor

On Tuesday Andhra Pradesh Police have killed 20 red sandalwood smugglers. In Seshachalam forest near Tirupati a joint operation against the smugglers was launched.  Joint operation by the Andhra Pradesh police and forest officials to catch the smugglers in the forest of Chittoor district. The encounter began in Seshachalam forest around 5 am.

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20 Killed in Encounter in Chittoor :

Deputy Inspector General of Police Kanta Rao said ” the attack was taken in two groups within a radius of one km in Chandragiri mandal of Chittoor, about 500 km from Hyderabad. The gunfight between police and smugglers is still under way. Majority of those killed were natives of Tamil Nadu.

After the Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) and forest officials got together spotted the smugglers. There were about 100 red sandalwood smugglers in the team they attacked the RSASTF and forest officials with stones and axes. Then the security forces started firing and killing at least 20 smugglers.

“The Task force was at two places in the forest and they encountered 20 members, 11 were killed at Srinivasa Mangapuram and 9 at Srivarimettu” said, M Kantha Rao

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This sandalwood smuggling was in the forests near Tirupati in Chittoor district. To stop this smuggling, two teams one from forest department and other from RSASTF were sent into forest for the forest to carry out the operation. Those sumgglers were 100 in number, when they encounter each other the smugglers throw stone and axes at the security forces.

After the information taken by the intellegence report RSASTF and Forest officials took the issue seriously. According the information large number of smugglers were in the forest. Teams of RSASTF were at two places in the forest along with the armed forest police men. When the two team encountered each other the Red Sanders Task Force team gave them a chance to surrender, but they threw stones and they were armed with sickles and axes. Them the force firied in which 20 of them were killed but many escaped.

Breaking news : 20 Red Sandalwood Smugglers Killed in Encounter in Chittoor

If the force went their was less in number like one or two people they would kill them. But the force have planned and they were fully trained in this kind of operation. The defence fired against them to  threaten them, but they did not stop throwing stones. Some policemen have also been injured in the encounter. Then they start the firing in which 20 members of the 100 smugglers were shot to dead.

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