A case has been registered against all the accused who attacked two forest officials on the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday after they stopped encroachers from ploughing the forest land in Gundalapadu Village here, said police.Speaking to media, Circle Inspector, Palavancha, M Ramesh said, "About 2:00 am on Tuesday, forest officials went to remove the forest encroachment without informing the police in Thimmampet (Gundala-Padu Panchayat) of Mulkalapally Mandal. There they were attacked with sticks by around 10 people including one person Karam Erraiah who were ploughing forest land in compartment 344.""A case has been registered against all the accused under sections 148, 324, 353,506 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Mulkalapally police station," he said."Police will take strict action against those involved in the attack on government official discharging their lawful duties. We have requested forest officials to inform police about any such incident. The police will ...
