Fresh round of violence erupts in Hyderabad
Press Trust Of India
Hyderabad, February 20, 2010
First Published: 20:24 IST(20/2/2010)
Last Updated: 20:52 IST(20/2/2010)
Police fired at least 20 rounds of tear gas shells to disperse a stone-pelting mob near a flyover adjacent to Osmania University campus this evening.
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The fresh round of violence erupted in Tarnaka area after city police successfully foiled the attempt of the students to lay a siege to Andhra Pradesh Assembly in support their demand for a separate Telangana state.
Students indulged in heavy stone - pelting at police raising slogans "police go back".
Five persons reportedly sustained injuries in the stone - pelting but there was no official confirmation of this.
The police burst tear gas shells to quell the stone-pelting mob near Tarnaka flyover while going out from the university campus.