Farmer suspends himself upside down on tree in protest against official apathy in Hyderabad

Having run from pillar to post for over a year and appealing to the officials to remove his land from the Prohibited Category, Jeevan suspended himself upside down from a neem tree in his fields. He also fixed all the land documents to the tree

HYDERABAD: Vexed with the apathy of the State government in addressing his land-related grievance, a farmer staged a unique protest by suspending himself upside down on a tree in his fields at Mangalapally village in Rangareddy district.

The farmer V Jeevan had obtained some land from his father and was cultivating on the land since the last few years. The land was purchased by his father from a person some 20 years ago.

Despite Jeevan possessing a passbook, title deed, Pahani and other related documents, officials included the land in the Prohibited Lands category in the records, according to reports.

Raising objections and proving ownership of land, Jeevan had been contending that the ceiling holder had misled the officials by registering the land with two different survey numbers. To this effect, he filed applications in the Chief Minister’s Office, MRO and other offices. Yet, his issue was not addressed, the reports said.

Having run from pillar to post for over a year and appealing to the officials to remove his land from the Prohibited Category, Jeevan suspended himself upside down from a neem tree in his fields. He also fixed all the land documents to the tree.

Images and videos of Jeevan’s unique protest are going viral on different social media platforms.