 The group is based amongst the higher-caste landlords, and carries out actions against the outlawed naxals in rural areas.It has committed violent acts against Dalits and other members of the scheduled caste community in an effort to prevent their land from going to them.The village became infamous for the killing of 8 dalits on the 6 August 1991, when a mob of over 300 people, composed of mainly Reddys and telagas chased down the victims along the bund of an irrigation canal.