Hyderabad, July 17 -- Tense situation prevailed in Bollikunta village of Warangal district, due to a dispute between Dalit organisations and Hindu organisations with regard to installation of Chhatrapati Shivaji's statue at the centre of the village.

On Thursday midnight, July 16, the villagers tried to install the statue on the village's chowrastha (crossroads). However, because of an ongoing dispute with regard to Dalit organisations in the village opposing the installation, police personnel from Mamnoor police station tried to shift the statue out of the village in a DCM vehicle on Friday morning, July 17.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Warangal District President G Ravi Kumar and others, who came to know about it, reached the village ...