Farmer attempts to end life after being assaulted by villagers at Madanapalle

An 82-year-old farmer, Reddappa, of Yanamalavaripalli colony successful Madanapalle agrarian mandal of Annamayya district, reportedly attempted to extremity his beingness successful his fields, aft being thrashed by a radical of 4 villagers.

According to Madanapalle police, the husbandman was rearing cattle successful his tract connected Wednesday morning, erstwhile a radical of persons from the aforesaid colony forced him to permission the field, claiming that the spot of onshore was theirs. When helium refused to budge to their threats, the second reportedly assaulted Reddappa.

A humiliated Reddappa reportedly rushed to the hut adjacent the good successful the tract and ingested pesticide. Hearing the squabble, his wife, Saraswathi (70), rushed to her husband’s rescue, but the attackers assaulted her excessively earlier leaving the tract aft seeing Redappa’s approaching relatives.

The constabulary shifted the aged mates to the Government Hospital here. The information of Reddappa was said to beryllium serious. Circle-Inspector (CI) Kala Venkatrao said that further probe was on. (Those with suicidal thoughts tin Dial 100).