Hyderabad tense as clashes erupt in Osmania university campus

Violence broke out on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad on Thursday after students demanding a separate state of Telangana clashed with police which used batons to quell them.

Violence broke out on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad on Thursday after students demanding a separate state of Telangana clashed with police which used batons to quell them.

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Hundreds of slogan-shouting students held a rally on the campus, a hotbed of pro-Telangana agitation, and staged demonstration in front of the nearby police station.

The heavy police force, consisting of anti-riot Rapid Action Force and other paramilitary forces - deployed on the campus - prevented the students from taking out a mock funeral procession of UPA leaders and stopped them in front of OU police station.

However, the students refuse to disperse and pelted stones at the police which used batons to disperse them.

Angered over the Centre favouring wide-ranging consultations with all political parties and groups on Telangana issue, some members of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Osmania University Students Association began a hunger strike in front of the Arts College.

Prohibitory orders have been imposed banning rallies and processions in and around the university and in the city till January 1.