A group of activists today staged a protest outside Andhra Pradesh Bhavan here demanding CBI probe into the recent gunning down of 20 tribal woodcutters in Andhra Pradesh and killing of five under-trials prisoners in Telangana.
Around 50 demonstrators, led by All India Progressive Women's Association Secretary Kavita Krishnan, raised slogans against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, and staged a street-play against the incidents.
"The media and the government have to stop calling these unfortunate incidents merely as encounters. These innocent people were killed in a planned manner. We urge the governments of both the states to rehabilitate tribals of Tamil Nadu who have been a victim of such incidents," Krishnan said.
Police personnel were deployed at the gates of the AP Bhavan for the protest which started around 3.30 PM and lasted roughly an hour.
PUCL Delhi President ND Pancholi, who was also part of the demonstration, alleged "collusion" between politicians and smugglers and said the woodcutter victims were "innocent" unemployed men in search of jobs.
