<p class="title">A person from Andhra Pradesh origin has allegedly destroyed coffee and cardamom plants grown in a farm in Hanchinalli-Kumaralli village of Somwarpet taluk. The farm is owned by persons belonging to Scheduled Caste.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dalit Sanghatanegala Okkoota has urged the police to arrest the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing reporters on Monday, Okkoota taluk unit president T E Suresh said that Changappa and Ganesh have a one and half acre land in the village and they grew cardamom and coffee saplings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Giribabu and his fellow men from Andhra Pradesh origin, living closer to the farm, destroyed the plants, abused the caste of Changappa and Ganesh and also posed a life threat, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Even though a complaint was registered in the town police station on November 3, the accused have not been arrested so far, he said and warned of staging a protest in front of the Taluk Panchayat if the accused are not arrested before November 16.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also, the police, instead of filing an FIR, has asked Ganesh to solve the problem through dialogue. The FIR was registered after a complaint was submitted to the superintendent of police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Okkoota general secretary J L Janardan, secretary H K Mahesh, treasurer S A Pratap and patron Satish were present.</p>
<p class="title">A person from Andhra Pradesh origin has allegedly destroyed coffee and cardamom plants grown in a farm in Hanchinalli-Kumaralli village of Somwarpet taluk. The farm is owned by persons belonging to Scheduled Caste.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dalit Sanghatanegala Okkoota has urged the police to arrest the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing reporters on Monday, Okkoota taluk unit president T E Suresh said that Changappa and Ganesh have a one and half acre land in the village and they grew cardamom and coffee saplings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Giribabu and his fellow men from Andhra Pradesh origin, living closer to the farm, destroyed the plants, abused the caste of Changappa and Ganesh and also posed a life threat, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Even though a complaint was registered in the town police station on November 3, the accused have not been arrested so far, he said and warned of staging a protest in front of the Taluk Panchayat if the accused are not arrested before November 16.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also, the police, instead of filing an FIR, has asked Ganesh to solve the problem through dialogue. The FIR was registered after a complaint was submitted to the superintendent of police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Okkoota general secretary J L Janardan, secretary H K Mahesh, treasurer S A Pratap and patron Satish were present.</p>