"Nalgonda encounter reminds us of fake Gujarat police encounters. Same modus operandi. Government must order a CBI enquiry," Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said in a tweet.
The tweet came in the backdrop of reports expressing doubts over the police claim of "self-defence" after five alleged terror operatives were shot dead yesterday while they were allegedly trying to escape from a police van in Telangana.
Human rights activists alleged that police in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where 20 red sander smugglers were killed, have become "trigger-happy" and are resorting to encounters as "acts of revenge" for the death of four policemen in two recent incidents.