Hyd: 2 Cong leaders held for trying to set up Ambedkar's statue

The two Congress leaders were arrested on Tuesday morning when they were allegedly trying to install a statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar at Punjagutta center in Hyderabad. Police officials seized the statue and also the lorry in which the it was brought.

Hyderabad: Congress leaders V Hanumantha Rao and Harsha Kumar on Tuesday were arrested when they were allegedly trying to install a statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar at Punjagutta center here.

The duo was arrested in the early morning hours of Tuesday and taken into custody by the Panjagutta Police.

Police said it had seized the statue and also the lorry in which the statue was brought in.