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A Forest Range Officer in Kothagudem's Aswapuram range, has been suspended for allegedly accepting a bribe to overlook illegal encroachment of forest land under the guise of podu cultivation by non-tribals.

Ramulu, a farmer along with a couple of shepherds from the village, was heading to his fields. Suddenly they noticed the movement of a leopard and immediately tried to capture the images in a mobile.

In the past too, the locals tried to encroach the forest land and forest officials have been constantly foiling their attempts. 

The farmers maintained that they were tilling the lands for 75 years, but the officials of the forest department were grabbing the lands. They alleged that the officials were threatening to book cases against them for cultivating crops in the lands.

A courageous woman fought off a wild boar to save her 11-year-old daughter at a farmland in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, forest officials said on Monday.

A condolence meeting was organised by the district police where rich tributes were paid to the slain forest officer.

Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy, Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra, Govt Whip Rega Kantha Rao, Khammam TRS district president, MLC Tata Madhusudhan, several legislators and officials took part in the last rites of the official performed at his native village.

It is suspected that the crocodile may have been a long time resident of Voora cheruvu and would have fallen into the well as the tank dried up

The two poachers, Kappari Pedda Rmulu and Kadamanchi Sailoo of Veerapur village in Biknoor mandal had hunted two blackbucks near Pulkal village on Thursday night.