A reserve sub-inspector suffered bruises when a group of red sanders smugglers assaulted him after they were apprehended by task force personnel near Yerpedu in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours on Wednesday.
According to an official of the Forest Department, the incident occurred when the Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force personnel seized a lorry carrying 32 logs and apprehended six smugglers hailing from Tamil Nadu.
The official said that the lorry also tried to ram into the vehicle of the task force personnel.