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The Vikarabad police on Tuesday arrested B Suresh, the prime suspect in the alleged attack on government officials reported a few days ago at Lagcherla village in Kodangal.

KT Rama Rao criticised the Congress for restricting access to the affected areas, questioning why Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's government was suppressing the truth. "Is Kodangal on the borders of Pakistan or is Lagacherla a turbulent area on the Indo-China border?" he asked.

Kodangal's Lagacherla and surrounding villages are witnessing unrest on an unprecented scale for the last six days, but completely oblivious to what is happening and not visiting the area even once, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is busy campaigning for the Congress in Maharashtra.

This comes after former Kodangal MLA Patnam Narender Reddy said the purported confession in his remand report was cooked up by the police and that he had not said anything of that sort or named anyone.

Former Kodangal MLA, Patnam Narender Reddy denied to have made any confessional statement before the police attributing his involvement in the case to the directions of prominent BRS leaders such as KT Rama Rao and others.

Mahabubnagar BJP MP DK Aruna wanted to know if the attack was preplanned, why had the police failed to gather information about it and why was security not provided to the Collector and other officials

The police alleged a man Suresh, who is a follower of the MLA Narender Reddy, instigated the villagers allegedly at the instance of the MLA.

In a late night operation, around 300 police personnel descended on the village, cutting off electricity, and conducting door-to-door searches to detain suspects

They termed the attack on government officials unfortunate, stating that it reflects the failed governance as well as failed law and order in the State.

Vikarabad Collector Prateek Jain and Kodangal Area Development Authority Special Officer Venkat Reddy were attacked by villagers in protest against the government’s plans to acquire land for pharma village.

In a significant move, nearly 100 Congress members from Kodangal joined the BRS at Rama Rao's residence in Nandinagar. During the event, he remarked that a rebellion against the Congress government had started in Kodangal, which is Revanth Reddy's constituency.

A programme was scheduled at Rotibanda thanda under Dudyala mandal in Kodangal constituency by the district administration to seek villagers’ opinion on the establishment of pharma village

A few residents, including a woman, were injured after police resorted to lathi charge to bring the situation under control. The tense atmosphere prevailed till late in the afternoon.

The contribution of Rs 6. 4 crore to provide nutritious breakfast to 28,000 students in 312 schools in Kodangal constituency of CM Revanth Reddy

Videos of worm infested rice were shared on different social media platforms. In one of the videos, the leaders were seen asking the school staff about the poor quality rice being used for cooking food in the mid-day meals.

Unrest among farmers is continuing in the State, with Thursday witnessing a crude attempt by the Congress government to quell their voices before they took their protest to the State capital.

Farmers from Kodangal have for the last few weeks been opposing the State govt’s move to acquire their lands and allocate them to pharmaceutical companies to set up a pharma village.

BRS leader and former Minister, T Harsh Rao emphasized the neglect faced by educational institutions, calling it a matter of shame. Despite a school being closed for over two weeks due to a lack of teachers, the government has yet to take any action.

Tension arose during a protest in front of the Dudyala MRO office when Turpu Rajamma, a woman farmer from Polepally village, threatened to take her life if her land was taken away. Holding a bottle of pesticide, she declared, "I will die, but I will not give up my land."

Raising slogans, farmers from Lekacherla, Pulicherla, Polepally, demanded the government to shelve the plans to set up a pharma village in the neighbourhood