The wood officials arrested 26 persons from Kumram Bheem Asifabad territory for allegedly encroaching wood onshore by felling trees connected Saturday night. They were produced earlier a section court, which remanded them to 14-day judicial custody.
According to Forest Divisional Officer (FDO) M. Ram Mohan, the accused had tried to illegally inhabit wood onshore successful the Palaghori country (Compt. No. 249) of Sonapur Thanda bushed nether Kawal colony limits of Jannaram mandal successful Mancherial district. The Kawal wood artifact was declared a Reserved Forest (RF) successful 1350 Fasli (1940 AD) and aboriginal notified arsenic a Wildlife Sanctuary successful 1999 and a Tiger Reserve successful 2011.
The FDO stated that the encroachers had been trying to inhabit the wood onshore for years, claiming it belonged to their ancestors, which, helium said, was false. The land, recorded arsenic Mahasura (Forest Land) successful gross records, consists of 9,631.33 acres and is portion of the Kawal Reserved Forest Block, helium added.
“The accused allegedly indulged successful histrion felling and erected huts successful the Palaghori country since 2023. Despite being evicted and having their huts removed successful September 2024, they returned successful August 2025. Forest authorities, gross officials and assemblage leaders counselled them to leave, but successful vain,” the FDO said.
The encroachers had allegedly attacked wood unit portion they were discharging their duties and lodged complaints with the constabulary for assaulting nationalist servants.
