Nizamabad:Several forest officials were injured after being attacked by villagers on being stopped from undertaking cultivation on forest land in Telangana's Nizamabad district on Friday. Police have registered a case against 37 people in this connection.
The incident took place in the Kalpol forest area of Mopal mandal of Nizamabad. Angry villagers attacked the forest officials with sticks and pelted stones at them. Forest officials including Forest Range Officer (FRO) Radhika, Section Officer Saikrishna and beat officers Pragathikumar, Prasad and Limbadri sustained injuries and were admitted to the district hospital for treatment.
It has been learnt that the forest officials had rushed to the spot on information that illegal farming activities were being carried out on forest land. When they reached Kalpol village, they found Motilal, a villager and his family members ploughing with a tractor.
They asked the family to stop ploughing and even tried to take possession of the tractor. However, an argument rose between the family and soon a scuffle broke out with several villagers extending their support to Motilal's family.