The Telangana police on Sunday arrested the brother of a ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA for brutally assaulting a woman forest officer with sticks when she along with other forest officials were trying to take up afforestation in Sarasala village in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district in the morning. TRS working president K T Rama Rao strongly condemned the atrocious behaviour of the party leader who attacked the forest officer who was doing her job. Environment and forests minister P Indrakaran Reddy said stern action would be taken against those who attacked forest officer Anitha and her staff. “If there is any issue with the forest department, it should have been brought to the government’s notice. But attacking the forest officials is highly condemnable,” he said.

Source: Hindustan Times June 30, 2019 14:03 UTC