Congress CM Revanth Reddy in a spot as land for pharma hub comes under a cloud

With the NHRC and different quality rights commissions visiting the village, the authorities authorities connected Monday transferred Karunasagar Reddy, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Parigi portion successful Vikarabad. It has asked Additional DGP (Law and Order) Mahesh Bhagwat to behaviour a probe into the matter.

Lagacherla and its surrounding villages are dominated by tribals of the Lambada community. The Telangana authorities has projected to get astir 1,000 acres of onshore present for a pharmaceutical hub – the archetypal specified acquisition successful the area, which the assemblage is powerfully opposed to. The Opposition has pointed retired that among the companies funny successful the pharma hub is simply a comparative of Revanth.

On November 11, District Collector Prateek Jain, Kodangal Area Development Authority Chairman Venkat Reddy, and respective Revenue Department officials visited Lagacherla for a nationalist proceeding connected the onshore acquisition. The villagers boycotted the proceeding and attacked the officials, reportedly “unprovoked”, with sticks, bricks and stones, with the battle lasting respective minutes.

While Jain escaped unharmed, Reddy and others were earnestly injured. As videos of the battle went viral, an FIR was filed astatine the Bomraspet Police Station, pursuing which the constabulary raids followed. Villagers person said policemen raided their homes, including astatine night, and bushed them up, with women excessively not spared.

Officials person said astir 60 radical person been arrested, including erstwhile BRS MLA Patnam Narender Reddy and section BRS person B Suresh. In their remand report, the constabulary person called Narender and Suresh the “masterminds” of the attack, and claimed that Narender has confessed helium was successful interaction with BRS moving president K T Rama Rao, known arsenic KTR, and that it was connected the latter’s directions that the battle took place. Narender has denied giving immoderate specified confession.

Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy said BRS leaders had planned the onslaught to defame the authorities government. “Without adjacent proceeding retired the officials who went to speech to them, they attacked. It was pre-planned,” helium said.

Denying immoderate involvement, KTR has accused CM Reddy of “usurping” lands of farmers for the payment of a institution promoted by his adjacent relative. On Monday, KTR said “the plight of tribals successful Lagacherla” deserved the aforesaid attraction arsenic the taste unit successful Manipur.

“Farmers, tribal women, and marginalised communities from Lagacherla person go victims of forceful onshore acquisition. These individuals, who person lived and thrived connected their lands for decades, are present (being) subjected to constabulary brutality and governmental tyranny. Late-night constabulary operations progressive cutting disconnected electricity, forcefully entering homes, and detaining antheral members indiscriminately. Reports item however the constabulary harassed women, including large women, with immoderate alleging instances of intersexual misconduct. Villagers assertion they were assaulted, threatened, and humiliated. Many antheral members person fled the colony successful fear, portion others stay untraceable,” helium said.

The BRS person has called connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress person Rahul Gandhi to sojourn Lagacherla. A squad of BRS leaders led by KTR has besides sought a gathering with President Droupadi Murmu.

BJP leaders, including MPs D K Aruna and Eatala Rajender, and MLA Alleti Maheshwar Reddy, who were connected their mode to conscionable the villagers were detained by the police.

On Monday, Lagacherla was visited by a squad of Telangana Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, and officials of the National Human Rights Commission, the National SC and ST Commissions, and the National Commission for Women.