Hyderabad: The owner of the KTR tea stall in Rajanna Sircilla lit firecrackers in front of his shop on Saturday, September 27, celebrating the transfer of district collector Sandeep Kumar Jha, who had ordered the closure of his tea shop earlier this year.

In February, the tea stall owned by Bathula Srinivas was closed down on orders of the Collector after he spotted KTR’s photo being prominently displayed at the stall and ordered municipal officials to seize the stall if it lacked a trade license.

Following this, Srinivas staged a protest outside the municipal office, urging the collector to reopen his stall, adding that it is his only source of income.

After the videos went viral, KTR spoke to Srinivas on the phone and assured him that his stall would be reopened. In March, he ina

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