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2015 sandalwood smugglers encounter in Andhra Pradesh
Introduction: Red Sanders quality endangered species is unique to Rayalaseema districts in Andhra Pradesh. Jawadi hills tribal people are traditional tree cutters and hunters. Jawadi hills starts from Vellore district & extend to Tiruvannamalai district. Jawadi hills people are responsible for vanishing of Sandal wood trees in Jawadi hills and Tamilnadu and Karnataka states.The Forest animals in Jawadi hills have also extincted because of these people. Veerapan has got associates from these people. Jawadi hills has got about 50,000 Population and these people have tradition of going to far areas for tree cuttings and they stay for 3 to 4 months away from their houses.

Incident: For the last 20years they have been going to Andhra Pradesh Forest to cut Red Sanders trees and they go to some parts of Kerala for cutting Sandal wood trees. Two Forest officials 1. Dy.R.O N.R.Sridhar and 2. David Karunakar, ABO., were brutally murdered by some of these people. The case ended in acquittal due to prosecution failing to prove the case. Several Forest officials were injured and virtually, the Forest field staff stopped going for Forest duties due to fear of attack from them.

Reaction At this stage, the Andhra Pradesh state Government formed Task Force with Forest & Police officials to counter them. G.O.MS.No.217 of Finance Department Government of A.P. Accordingly Task Force was formed in 2015. Letters were addressed to SsPs, Collectors, and DIGs in Tamilnadu requesting them to take steps to prevent inflex of these people into AP Forest, Indicating that Task Force is moving in the Forest and Serious things may happen if these people attack Forest officials in the Forest.

Exchange of Fire Incident: On 7 April 2015,there was an exchanges of fire early in the morning between Task Force including Forest officials & Red Sanders wood Smugglers(Jawadi hills people) in Seshachalam Forest at two places in Tirupati area. Resulting in injuries to several Police officials including Grievious injuries to 7 Police officials and death of 20 Jawadi hills Smugglers(14 from Tiruvannamalai area & 6 from Vellore area).

over the period of 20 years about 25,000/- crores worth Red Sanders wood is said to have been smuggled out of India. Ref: Andhra Jyothi News paper. Over a period of 15 Years, 15,00,000 Red Sanders trees have been cut and Smuggled out of 5.16 Lakh hectares of Red Sanders Forest. Ref: Hindu Paper. The incident occurred at two places Eetagunta and Sachindou Banda in Seshachalam forest area of Chandragiri mandal in Chittoor. The Hyderabad High Court had directed the Andhra Pradesh Police to furnish the case diary before the court, relating to the case registered in connection with the killing of the 20 people in police firing. Special Investigation Team formed by Government of AP, conducted investigation under the Supervision of High court of AP and submitted final report in 4th Addl court Tirupati in Cr.No: 46/2015 of Chandragiri PS. FIR in Cr.No: 46/2015 of Chandragiri PS.