Adilabad police have invoked the PD Act against Shaik Altaf, the prime accused in the July 19 assault on forest and police personnel during a plantation drive in Echoda mandal. Altaf faces multiple charges including extortion and land encroachment.

Adilabad: Police invoked the Preventive Detention (PD) Act against a key accused in the assault on forest officials and police personnel at Keshavapatnam village in Echoda mandal on Sunday.

Echoda Inspector Bandari Raju, in a statement, said Shaik Altaf from the village was booked under the PD Act for assaulting public servants, threatening the public, occupying lands and duping people. Altaf was sent to a central prison at Cherlapalli in Hyderabad. He was booked for various crimes including extortion and criminal intimidation.

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