16 people were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attacking officials during a protest against land acquisition for proposed units of pharmaceutical companies in a village in Vikarabad district in Telangana. Giving this information, the police said that three officers, an Additional District Magistrate, the Chairman of Kodangal Area Development Authority (KDA) and a DSP rank police officer were allegedly attacked by some villagers in Lagacharla village of Dudyala Mandal on Monday. Got injured.
Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) had proposed to hold a public hearing outside the village, but meanwhile a leader of the youth wing of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) contacted District Magistrate Prateek Jain and asked him to Requested to come to the village saying that the farmers will give their opinion. Police said that accepting this request, the District Magistrate went to the village along with other officials to listen to the opinion of the farmers, where a crowd opposed them.
57 people in custody
The protesters pelted stones at the vehicles of Prateek Jain and other officials of the district administration. A senior police officer said, ‘‘ 57 people were detained on Tuesday in connection with this incident. During verification, 16 were found involved in the attack and were arrested. The rest were released.’’ He said that more arrests will be made after further investigation.
Internet services suspended in many areas
Police say that the leader of the BRS youth wing who had allegedly instigated people for this ‘pre-planned attack, is absconding. Three FIRs have been registered in connection with this incident and internet services have also been suspended in Dudyala mandal. The situation is now under control and additional policemen have been deployed. The investigation of the matter is ongoing. Reacting to the incident, Telangana Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said that the state government has taken the attack on officials seriously and will thoroughly investigate the incident. He said that it is clear from the scenes of the incident that some people tried to instigate the people of the village and attack the District Magistrate and other officials.
Congress government accused of arresting farmers
Sridhar Babu alleged that the main opposition party BRS is dejected after losing power and is creating obstacles in the welfare and development related steps of the Congress government at every step. BRS working president KT Rama Rao accused the Congress government of ‘arresting farmers at midnight’ Accused of. Whereas Rama Rao posted on the social media platform ‘X’ But said, ‘‘BRS condemns the arrest of farmers and opposes the police action.’’ This village is part of Kodangal assembly constituency of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
