DMK chief M Karunanidhi today accused Andhra Pradesh police of committing more wrongs to hide those they had allegedly done by opening fire on April 7 in Chittoor district that killed 20 Tamil woodcutters.
"Andhra Pradesh police department is committing more wrongs to hide the wrongs they had done earlier," he said in a statement here while referring to the firing.
He alleged that "police (of Andhra Pradesh) have instigated a person who had already been in prison to say that all killed 20 Tamil labourers were red sanders smugglers."
"They have also filed cases against human rights activists, who went to inspect the site of killings, on charges of trespass."
Refererring to the subsequent arrests of 63 and 43 woodcutters in Nellore and Kadappa districts respectively in AP, he said "Tamil Nadu government should depute two senior ministers to Andhra Pradesh immediately and hold talks with the Chief Minister of that state and end this issue."
He criticised Tamil Nadu government saying that "the state government is feeling that its job is done by sending a letter on the issue to Andhra Pradesh.
