Policeman hits farmers waiting for urea in Nalgonda

Farmers queued up at a shop in Nalgonda amid urea shortage in Telangana were hit by a policeman on Tuesday, September 23.

A video of the incident has surface on social media. In the video, the policeman is seen pushing and hitting the farmers while asking them to maintain the line. There is a severe urea shortage in Telangana presently.

Several farmers across the state have been protesting against the issue for over a month now. On Monday,



farmers staged a protest at the single-window office in Gopalpet mandal centre, demanding urea. 

The protest escalated onto the main road after officials allegedly responded carelessly, telling farmers to “call Revanth Reddy and ask for urea.”

The farmers expressed anger at the officials, alleging that the office staff behaved rudely. They said that although they had been assured of 1,200 bags of urea, not a single bag had arrived.