Mahbubnagar: Farmer attacked over land dispute

Mahbubnagar: Tension prevailed in Katavaram village under Adakkal mandal of the district on Tuesday after a farmer was brutally attacked by unidentified persons over an alleged land dispute. His condition is said to be critical. According to reports, a group of people armed with sticks and other weapons got into an argument with farmer Kollampalli in his fields at Katavaram.

Amid the argument, the people attacked Kollampalli with sticks and stones, leaving him seriously injured. Locals immediately admitted him to the Mahbubnagar Government General Hospital, reports said. Crimes related to land disputes are on the rise in erstwhile Mahbubnagar. In June, three persons were injured in a clash between two families over a land dispute at Chinnadapally village in Hanwada. In another incident the same month, 28-year-old G Sanju was brutally beaten and killed by others over a land dispute at Chinnaporla village in Utkur mandal of Narayanpet.