Thane: Scores of tribals from Jawhar in Thane district have demanded transfer of an official of Tribal Development Department for allegedly ill-treating an activist.

The tribals yesterday took out a morcha to the Jawhar sub-divisional office (SDO) and demanded that Project Officer, Sushil Khodwekar, also the SDO, Jawhar, be transferred, Jawhar taluka 'Adivasi Sangharsh Samiti' general secretary and local NCP leader Balwant Gavit said.