Karimnagar: Two young Persons in Telangana from Karimnagar which is around 160 km from Hyderabad set themselves afire outside the office of a politician of the state’s ruling party, Srinivas, 25, and Y Parushuramulu, 23, are both farmers in Karimnagar, they had gone to their village revenue office to claim land under a scheme for Dalits or poor farmers, But the officer there supposedly demanded Rs.20,000 to facilitate what was legally theirs.
The victims along with the group of villagers went to complain about bribe demand, they waited for more than five hours, before they was told that politicians are not able to meet them, the Angry and frustrated, Srinivas and Parashuramool used kerosene on themselves and ste ablaze outside the office of Rasamayi Balakishan, MLA of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) After trying to burn themselves, Both the victims are in the government hospital, State Finance Minister Itala Rajendra said that the investigation will be done and disciplinary action will be taken. If it was proved against the revenue officer of the village that he had demanded bribe from the villagers
