This story is from August 28, 2020

Nine hurt as mob attacks Covid patients’ kin in Telangana's Khammam

Over 100 people armed with sticks attacked extended families of some Covid positive patients in Narsimhapuram in Khammam district on Thursday.
Nine hurt as mob attacks Covid patients’ kin in Telangana's Khammam
Nine people, including four women, suffered bleeding injuries on their heads and limbs in the attack.
HYDERABAD: Over 100 people armed with sticks attacked extended families of some Covid positive patients in Narsimhapuram in Khammam district on Thursday.
Nine people, including four women, suffered bleeding injuries on their heads and limbs in the attack.
The injured were taken to Chintakani primary healthcare centre for treatment. The situation in the village continues to be tense.
On August 17, five members of a family in Narsimhapuram of Chintakani mandal tested positive for Covid.
The family was under home isolation. “People of the village became abusive towards us. They used filthy language and discriminated us. We, however, did not do anything to retaliate,” a family member, who tested positive for Covid, told TOI. He works in the HR wing of a multinational company at Shamshabad and had gone home due to the Covid situation.
There are 10 families of the extended family of the MNC employee in the locality. As they were not afflicted by the virus, they went about doing their daily chores, but other villagers took objection to their moving around in the locality. Around 5pm on Thursday, the villagers armed with sticks rushed into their houses, pulled out the families and beat them up. The MNC employee’s brother suffered head injuries and received nine stitches on being taken to the hospital. Two others also suffered head injuries. Police, who were informed about the incident, went to the village. The affected families have also lodged a complaint with police.
After completing their home isolation, they would again go for a test after three days, but the villagers have reportedly warned the families against venturing out.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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