Hyderabad, July 1 -- Tension prevailed in Medipalli and Kurmaddi villages of Yacharam mandal in Rangareddy district when revenue officials, along with police, tried to take possession of farmers' land as part of land acquisition for the Bharat Future City project.

In a video, officials with the support of several police personnel could be seen ploughing the land using a JCB. The farmers strongly resisted the action, claiming there was a stay issued by a court.

However, the revenue officials claimed otherwise.

In the video, a farmer who didn't reveal his identity claimed that several like him had approached the court and got a stay order against land acquisition. "In 1997, my grandparents owned this land, subsequently passed on to my pa...