Hyderabad, June 26 -- In a shocker from Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district, the forest officials tried to stake control over farmers' lands by digging up the land using excavators in Pulasa village of Jainoor mandal.

An undated video of the incident came to light on Friday, June 26, where several forest officials could be seen lined-up for taking up plantation in what the farmers were claiming, was their land for which they had title deeds.

When the forest officials tried to run an excavator in the land, the farmers belonging to the Muslim community resisted, and sat in front of the excavator, as the last resort to save their lands.

"Our grandparents and parents spent their entire lives by depending on this land. We and our children are d...