Asifabad: Congress leaders stage dharna;demands release of Palvai Harish Babu

Asifabad: Congress leaders and activists on Monday staged a dharna in front of the tahsildar offices at Koutala and Dahegam, demanding the release of Sirpur constituency Congress party in-charge Dr Palvai Harish Babu, who was arrested by Kagaznagar police on Monday morning.

The party leaders said that Harish Babu is fighting in support of shifting cultivation farmers of Kolamgondi village in Kagaznagar mandal, who were evacuated from reserve forest area.

They alleged that the police arrested Babu to disturb Eruvaka programme for shifting cultivation farmers, which is supposed to be held at Chetwadapotepalli village under Penchikalpet mandal in Asifabad district on Monday. The party leaders submitted a representation to tahsildars.