"tribal-farmer"

A forest range officer in Nirmal district has been booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing a tribal farmer. Police also registered a separate case against 17 tribals for attacking the officer’s office, damaging property, and confining staff.

Locals said Kodapa Lakshman received grievous injuries when the boar attacked him while he was attending nature's call in the forests.

Farmer Thukaram tried to take the extreme step when the officials reportedly abused him for refusing to vacate the area where he was living earlier in the core of Kawal Tiger Reserve

It was outrageous that Allu Arjun, a national award-winning hero, was illegally arrested and taken away without even giving him time to change his clothes. But shamefully the Congress leaders were covering up the act stating that the law was taking its own course, said Tatha Madhusudhan

He said the government's action reveals a systematic effort to suppress dissent, violate human rights, and deny justice to marginalised communities.

To aid him in this crisis, the Yashoda Charitable Foundation, an initiative of Yashoda Hospitals, came forward and handed over a cheque of Rs.50,000 to Venkanna on Saturday.