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Tribals attack forest officials

AHMEDABAD: At least 20 policemen and forest officials were said to be injured when about 1,500 tribal people attacked a security party with bows and arrows near Umarpada in Surat district in south Gujarat on Thursday.

The forest staff along with the police went to Haripura and Kajipura to evacuate the tribals cultivating forest land.The police claimed that the tribal people of the two villages had already been allocated alternative land near Ukai in lieu of forest land, but they refused to shift.

They insisted that they would cultivate the forest land they claimed to be holding for generations.Trouble had been brewing for the last few days and on Thursday when the forest department employees went to Umarpada the officials were attacked.

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