Mancherial, Aug. 10 -- Conservation and wildlife protection have been impacted at the Kawal Tiger Reserve with the suspension of as many as eight forest officials within a span of just six months, media reports said on Monday, August 10.

All the suspensions happened in the Jannaram division, one of the 11 in the erstwhile Adilabad district.

In the most recent instance, Indanapalli in-charge forest range officer Laxminarayana was suspended for allegedly beating up tribal youngsters in the Indanpalli range, said Telangana Today. Similarly, it said, Chintaguda section officer Bhojaiah, beat officer Srikanth, Indanpalli FRO Sridhar Chary, and beat officer Pranay were suspended. The charges against them were dereliction of duty, following sa...