Reports indicate that Forest Section Officer Vinod and two other officials were on patrol duty Thursday night when they spotted an earth mover being used to uproot trees. They seized the machine and brought it to the forest office. Shortly after, the owner, Ganta Suraj Reddy, arrived with two accomplices and began attacking Vinod and the other staff members with iron rods.
The workers, who had migrated to Mancherial in search of livelihood around 10 years ago, were engaged in excavating earth to construct a basement of a compound wall for a building meant for a private hospital.
The mishap occurred around 8am, when the woman, aged about 50 years, was crossing the road and the vehicle, which was heading towards Saroornagar, ran over her, killing her on the spot.
