Hyderabad: Forest officials allegedly demolished huts belonging to the Gothikoya tribes in Kotha Veedhi locality of Shanti Nagar of Mulugu district.

Eighteen tribal families have been living in Shanti Nagar for the last 15 to 20 years, after fleeing the violence unleashed by Salwa Judum in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

“We had to rebuild our huts after the heavy monsoons. But the forest officials demolished it and threw our belongings outside,” a Gothikoya woman told Siasat.com .

The incident resulted in an intense face-off between a tribal man, Suresh, and forest officials. Enraged upon seeing the demolished hits, the young man climbs onto a forest department vehicle but is pushed back almost instantly and manhandled.

Following the assault, a disturbed Suresh consumed pois

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