'Killing 20 people is a massacre; you can't call it an encounter'

April 08, 2015 15:35

The bizarre gunning down of 20 men in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district in a police operation supposedly against suspected red sandalwood smugglers on April 7 has elicited strong reactions in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Red sandalwood, an endangered species indigenous to South India, has a huge demand abroad, especially in China and Japan, and commands a good price.

People's Union for Civil Liberties, PUCL, Tamil Nadu General Secretary S Balamurugan tells A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com how insecurity and the lack of a livelihood forces tribals from the state to cross over to Andhra Pradesh and the government apathy towards them. Read

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