Hyderabad: Scores of farmers across southern India were duped allegedly by a Chennai-based company “Donkey Palace” which offered high margins in the donkey milk business.
The issue is affecting farmers across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. According to victims, who held a press conference at Hyderabad Press Club on Friday, the company initially sold donkeys to farmers at a premium price, promising to buy their donkey milk at a lucrative rate of Rs 1,600 per litre.
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While the company reportedly upheld this agreement for about three months, it is alleged they later failed to continue purchasing the milk, leaving farmers stranded with significant investments and losses.
Farmers have expressed their grievances, claiming they were lured into the scheme under false promises. They requested AP chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to intervene and provide relief to the affected individuals.