Hyderabad, Nov. 25 -- A Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation official who assaulted a farmer in Telangana's Adilabad was suspended on Monday, November 24.

Adilabad district collector Rajarshi Shah suspended PACS CEO Pandari for assaulting the farmer at at Adilabad market yard wile being drunk on November 23. Following the assault, the farmer identified as Mahesh filed a complaint with the police and later escalated the matter to the Adilabad collector.

Background of the incident

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 hiscottonproduce.

The official allegedly asked the farmer to leave the yard, acc...