Kagaznagar Forest Range Officer Anita Chole was injured in a gruesome attack by villagers of Sarasala near Kagaznagar town in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district on the morning of June 30. According to Kagaznagar Forest Divisional Officer M. Raja Ramana Reddy, some 40 forest personnel and 30 policemen had arrived with a tractor to plough a 20-hectare degraded forest for a mass tree plantation programme. PTI adds:Mr. Malla Reddy said Mr. Krishna has been arrested and booked under various sections of the IPC. “It was forest land. His (MLAs) brother was there (during the attack),” Mr. Jha told PTI.

Source: The Hindu June 30, 2019 08:03 UTC