Andhra Pradesh Government has suspended two officials for their involvement in red sanders smuggling.
The suspended officials were G Uday Kumar, who is currently serving as Deputy Superintendent of Police, CID and senior divisional police officer of Rajampet.
``The evidence shows that Uday Kumar, during his tenure as OSD- Taskforce, Red Sanders, Tirupati had received huge bribes from Red Sandalwood smuggles every month. These Red Sandalwood smugglers came from neighbouring states and other Rayalaseema districts,’’ a government release said.
The government also had proof that G V Ramana accepted bribes from people involved in criminal charges. ``It has been found that he has facilitated easy passage of Red Sanders smugglers without any checks,’’ it added.
Over 1,000 persons were arrested so far for their involvement in smuggling the red sanders.