Even a week after the untoward incidents in Lagacherla, restrictions continue to be imposed in the village and nearby villages. On Tuesday, members of a Joint Action Committee (JAC) of women organisations were denied permission to visit Lagacherla and Rotibanda thanda and speak to the aggrieved families.
In the melee, the police allegedly tore the clothes of the women members. Condemning the excesses of the government and the police, the JAC members questioned why they were being restricted from visiting the village and interacting with the women there.
The JAC members, including Sandhya, Padmaja Shaw, Sister Lizzy, Jhansi, Anasuya, Geetha and others wanted to interact with tribal farmers, especially women, over the atrocities being committed against them by the police and the government.