Hyderabad: Two forest officers were injured in yet
another attack on forest department personnel in Telangana early on
Tuesday, police said.
The incident occurred near Gundalapadu in Bhadradri Kothagudem
district when the forest officials tried to stop a group of villagers
from illegally cultivating forest land.
Forest Section Officer Neelamaiah and Beat Officer Bhaskar Rao were
thrashed with sticks by the group of people who were tilling the forest
land with tractors.
The forest officials suffered multiple injuries and were admitted to
Paloncha Hospital. They lodged a complaint with the police, which
registered a case against unidentified persons and took up
investigations.
The incident came close on the heel of a brutal attack on a woman
forest officer by a leader of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and
his followers in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district.
Forest Range Officer Chole Anitha suffered bleeding when she was
attacked with sticks by TRS MLA Koneru Konappa's brother Krishna Rao and
his followers in Sarsala village on Sunday.
The incident occurred when a group of farmers tried to stop forest officials from taking up plantation on forest land.
Rao resigned as zilla parishad vice-chairman after the incident and 16 others were arrested and sent to judicial custody.
In another incident in Kothagudem district, police on Monday booked a
case against MLA V. Venkateswara Rao and his son on a complaint by
forest officials for allegedly obstructing their work.
The MLA, his son and their supporters allegedly tried to stop the
forest officials from construction of a wall to protect forest land in
Laxmidevipalli mandal (block).
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