Supreme Court rejects petition on Seshachalam Encounter

With the Andhra Pradesh High Court and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) already investigating into the Seshachalam encounter where 20 woodcutters from Tamil Nadu were killed on April 7 in Seshachalam forests in Chittoor District, the Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up the case.

Stating the encounter as a fake, one of the family members of the deceased filed a petition to the Supreme Court to direct a CBI probe by the Centre into the encounter.

However, the Supreme Court denied the case stating that it is already being investigated by the AP High Court and NHRC.