2 VROs injured in sand mafia attack : Srikakulam

Srikakulam: Two village revenue officers suffered injuries when sand mafia gangs attacked them at Naira village in Srikakulam rural mandal on Wednesday.

According to details, when two VROs, M Chandrasekhar and T Visweswar Rao were trying to prevent illegal sand transportation from Nagavali River and made an attempt to stop sand laden lorries. Irked by the VROs action, the sand mafia gangs attacked on VROs.

The injured VROs were shifted to government RIMS hospital Srikakulam. On learning about it, Collector J Nivas and Joint Collector KVN Chakradhara Babu rushed to RIMS hospital and enquired about the condition of injured VROs.

They warned stern action against sand mafia gangs. Revenue employees' association representatives B Rajeswar Rao and B Prakash condemned the attack.