Hyderabad: A Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation official, reportedly drunk on duty, assaulted a farmer in Adilabad district on Sunday, November 23.

The incident occurred at the market yard, where Pandari, a chief executive officer of the marketing federation, and two others assaulted the farmer, Mahesh, for moving his cotton produce.

The official allegedly asked the farmer to leave the yard, accusing him of bringing the cotton too late and then proceeded to assault him. His actions have drawn sharp criticism from the farming community

In a video shared on social media, Mahesh said, “I have come with the cotton produce from Lekarwada village. But Pandari attacked me while I tried to shift the produce in a cart after the closing time.”

The farmer alleged Pandari held his

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