Govt officer Suspended for assaulting farmer in Adilabad

A Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation official who assaulted a farmer in Telangana’s Adilabad was suspended on Monday, November 24.

Adilabad district collector Rajarshi Shah suspended PACS CEO Pandari for assaulting the farmer at at Adilabad market yard wile being drunk on November 23. Following the assault, the farmer identified as Mahesh filed a complaint with the police and later escalated the matter to the



Adilabad collector.

The incident occurred at the market yard, where Pandari, a chief executive officer of the marketing federation, and two others assaulted the farmer, Mahesh, for moving his cotton produce.

The official allegedly asked the farmer to leave the yard, accusing him of bringing the cotton too late and then proceeded to assault him. His actions have drawn sharp criticism from the farming community.