Hyderabad, July 5 -- The dispute of forest lands between the Multanis and the forest officials came to the fore, when forest officials were prevented from planting saplings inside the land being claimed as theirs, by the Multani Muslims of Adilabad district.

On Saturday, July 5, when the forest officials, accompanied by police personnel were heading to Kesapatnam village in Icchoda mandal to reclaim what they claimed, were lands belonging to the forest department, the villagers of Keshavpatnam, Jogipet, Narsapur and Babjipet blocked the forest personnel at Chilkaguda.

An argument took place between the Multani Muslims supported by tribals, and the forest officials from Saturday morning till noon, when Boath MLA Anil Jadhav intervened an...