U Sudhakar Reddy
Forest officials didn’t take the support of the local police or Task
Force while they went on operation in Seshachalam near Tirumala of Chittoor district. The
information was given to the police only while the attack was happening by that time the
help reached the red sanders smugglers stoned to death two foresters.
A special Task Force comprising of armed policemen with headquarters in Tirupati headed
by an Additional Superintendent of Police Mr. Uday Kumar has been operating against red
sanders smugglers for the past six months. It consists of two platoons with around 70 men
and forest officials were involved in several arrests.
Rayalaseema Region Inspector General of Police Mr. Rajiv Ratan said ,”Forest officials
went on their own without information to the police. They would have taken either Task
Force or local police help before they have gone for an operation. Forest officials were
unarmed. Our Task Force have been doing a good work and arrested several of the
smugglers. Local police in December 2012 opened fire and killed a red sanders smuggler,”
Base camps have been set up in different areas of Seshachalam hills.
In December 2012 a Red sanders smuggler Murugesan of Uppuru village in Villupuram
district was shot dead when police opened fire after he and his gangs attacked them with
knives and hurled stones. Murugesan was involved in smuggling of trees in
Karivepakulakona along the foothills of the Seshachalam range. An associate of him
Bhagyaraj survived after injuries. Three armed policemen and forester were hospitalized
with injuries.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Mr. B S S Reddy said ,”In fact our staff called
for the police help while the attack took place. They ran helter skelter for cover when
they smugglers rained stones on them. Some of them had hidden in the bushes and some of
them called up for help after they find two of their members are missing. The staff from
Tirumala base camp were on daily routine patrolling of vulnerable points. It’s a daily
practice. By the time the help went it took place. The incident took place around 9.30
am,”
Meanwhile Chief Minister Mr. N Kiran Kumar Reddy ordered an enquiry into the incident
while expressing shock over the Tirupati incident in which to forest staff died. He
condemned the inhuman incident where red sanders smugglers attacked the forest staff near
Parveti Mandap Forest area of Tirupati. CM directed PCCF Mr B SS Reddy to rush to the
spot and ensure the best medical treatment to the injured staff. He directed police
officials to take stringent action against the offenders.
Forest officials didn’t take the support of the local police or Task
Force while they went on operation in Seshachalam near Tirumala of Chittoor district. The
information was given to the police only while the attack was happening by that time the
help reached the red sanders smugglers stoned to death two foresters.
A special Task Force comprising of armed policemen with headquarters in Tirupati headed
by an Additional Superintendent of Police Mr. Uday Kumar has been operating against red
sanders smugglers for the past six months. It consists of two platoons with around 70 men
and forest officials were involved in several arrests.
Rayalaseema Region Inspector General of Police Mr. Rajiv Ratan said ,”Forest officials
went on their own without information to the police. They would have taken either Task
Force or local police help before they have gone for an operation. Forest officials were
unarmed. Our Task Force have been doing a good work and arrested several of the
smugglers. Local police in December 2012 opened fire and killed a red sanders smuggler,”
Base camps have been set up in different areas of Seshachalam hills.
In December 2012 a Red sanders smuggler Murugesan of Uppuru village in Villupuram
district was shot dead when police opened fire after he and his gangs attacked them with
knives and hurled stones. Murugesan was involved in smuggling of trees in
Karivepakulakona along the foothills of the Seshachalam range. An associate of him
Bhagyaraj survived after injuries. Three armed policemen and forester were hospitalized
with injuries.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Mr. B S S Reddy said ,”In fact our staff called
for the police help while the attack took place. They ran helter skelter for cover when
they smugglers rained stones on them. Some of them had hidden in the bushes and some of
them called up for help after they find two of their members are missing. The staff from
Tirumala base camp were on daily routine patrolling of vulnerable points. It’s a daily
practice. By the time the help went it took place. The incident took place around 9.30
am,”
Meanwhile Chief Minister Mr. N Kiran Kumar Reddy ordered an enquiry into the incident
while expressing shock over the Tirupati incident in which to forest staff died. He
condemned the inhuman incident where red sanders smugglers attacked the forest staff near
Parveti Mandap Forest area of Tirupati. CM directed PCCF Mr B SS Reddy to rush to the
spot and ensure the best medical treatment to the injured staff. He directed police
officials to take stringent action against the offenders.
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