Adivasis in Telangana give ultimatum to catch tiger

On learning about the protest, Bejjur SI Sagar reached the spot and assured them to catch the tiger in no time.
For representational purposes (File Photo | AP)
For representational purposes (File Photo | AP)
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ADILABAD: Scores of adivasis belonging to Bejjur mandal staged a protest and rasta roko on Thursday and gave an ultimatum to the forest officials to either catch the tiger, which recently killed a tribal girl at Kondapally village in Asifabad, in one week or let them take up the task of nabbing the big cat.

During the protest, Girijana Sangam district vice-president K Srinivas and ZPTC Padram Pushpalatha demanded that the government provide the family members of the victim a compensation amount of `20 lakh, five acres of farmland, a double bedroom house and government job to one her kin.On learning about the protest, Bejjur SI Sagar reached the spot and assured them to catch the tiger in no time.

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