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India arrests after mob attacks female forest officer
Source: BBC
India arrests after mob attacks female forest officer
1 July 2019
Sixteen men have been arrested after a female forest official was brutally beaten with sticks by a mob as police officers watched in the southern Indian state of Telangana.
The mob, led by a member of the state's ruling party, was protesting against a tree plantation drive on Sunday.
A video of the incident has gone viral, and the party has condemned the attack on Twitter.
The forest officer is being treated in hospital for severe injuries.
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The leader of the mob has been identified as Koneru Krishna Rao, a local official who is the brother of a TRS lawmaker. The party confirmed that he has also been arrested.
In his defence, Mr Rao told local media that he was trying to "ensure justice for tribal farmers as forest officials were destroying their crops".
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1 July 2019
Sixteen men have been arrested after a female forest official was brutally beaten with sticks by a mob as police officers watched in the southern Indian state of Telangana.
The mob, led by a member of the state's ruling party, was protesting against a tree plantation drive on Sunday.
A video of the incident has gone viral, and the party has condemned the attack on Twitter.
The forest officer is being treated in hospital for severe injuries.
-snip-
The leader of the mob has been identified as Koneru Krishna Rao, a local official who is the brother of a TRS lawmaker. The party confirmed that he has also been arrested.
In his defence, Mr Rao told local media that he was trying to "ensure justice for tribal farmers as forest officials were destroying their crops".
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48822530
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