The crowd followed the officers’ vehicles, officials said. (representative)

Hyderabad:

Tension erupted in a village in Telangana’s Vikarabad district on Monday after some villagers protesting the acquisition of land for a proposed ‘pharma village’ allegedly attacked vehicles of the district authorities.

The incident took place in Lagacharla village during a public hearing on the proposed ‘pharmaceutical village’.

Television footage showed a group of locals raising slogans and arguing with District Collector Prateek Jain and other officials over the land acquisition issue.

The collector was surrounded by protesters but managed to get into a vehicle.

The crowd chased the officials’ vehicles, pelting them with stones and breaking the windows.

The proposed “pharmaceutical village” involves the establishment of pharmaceutical units in the area. p

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