NHRC chief KG Balakrishnan has also issued notice to the state government over the alleged encounter.
"Police will always justify their actions. We will probe the incident," NHRC chief KG Balakrishnan said.
Meanwhile fresh protests have erupted in Chittoor and Chennai against the killing of red sanders "smugglers".
In the biggest ever 'encounter' in south India, 20 men engaged by smugglers to cut down prized red sanders trees were shot dead by a joint team of special police and forest personnel deep inside the forests of Seshachalam in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday.
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In the biggest ever 'encounter' in south India, 20 men engaged by smugglers to cut down prized red sanders trees were shot dead by a joint team of special police and forest personnel deep inside the forests of Seshachalam in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday.
The alleged encounters took place at Eetagunta and Vacchinodu Banda hamlets in Chandragiri mandal when the red sanders gang challenged the joint task force during a combing operation. While nine died in the firing at Eetagunta, 11 were killed at Vacchinodu Banda.Most of them were wood-cutters from tribal areas in northern Tamil Nadu which border Chittoor. The incident sent shockwaves in political circles in AP and Tamil Nadu. APCC president N Raghuveera Reddy said his party would approach the National Human Rights Commission to probe the killings while TN chief minister O Panneerselvam expressed shock and sought a "speedy inquiry".
Though there have been several violent face-offs between police and red sanders smugglers, this is the first time so many casualties have been reported. Two years ago, two forest guards were stoned to death by a gang involved in felling red sanders. Following the incident, The AP government had formed the special task force to counter the menace.
Red sanders is a slowgrowing, highly prized variety of wood used to make furniture and musical instruments. Its street value can be as much as Rs 15,000 per kg. Categorised as a protected species of timber, its export and import is banned under the International Union for Conservation of Natural Flora and Fauna (IUCN). It's found in the forests around Nellore, Kadapa and Chittoor districts in AP and in a few pockets of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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