TRS MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao and his followers have been booked by the police for allegedly obstructing and threatening the Forest Department personnel, while they were carrying out their work in a forest reserve land, police said on Monday.Speaking to ANI, Sunil Dutt, SP, Kothagudem, said: "Today we received a complaint from the forest officials stating that TRS MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao and his followers forcibly stopped the work they are doing in a forest reserve land and also threatened them.""Regarding this, a case has been registered under Sections 143, 447, 427, 506, 353 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Laxmidevpalli police station. Further investigation is underway," said Dutt.MRP Rao, Deputy Range officer, Chathkond, Kothagudem Range, speaking to media on Sunday night had said: "On June 30, around 10.30 am, the Forest Department personnel were digging pits for the construction of protection wall in the reserve forest land.""While this was going on, former MPTC
