Hyderabad:
Violence again broke out on Osmania University campus Monday, the
second time since Sunday evening, with pro-Telangana students taking
to the streets.
Protesting the police firing and the baton charge on them Sunday
night, the students took out a rally and threw stones at policemen
and paramilitary personnel deployed on the campus.
The police
hit back with batons once more. Eyewitnesses said some policemen
were injured in stone pelting while a few students and media persons
sustained injuries when police used force.
The fresh
violence broke out a few hours after large-scale violence on the
campus Sunday evening. More than 30 students and six media persons
were injured when police fired rubber bullets and used batons and
teargas shells.
The trouble
had started when students tried to take out a procession hailing 15
Telangana legislators who resigned to protest terms of reference of
Srikrishna panel looking into the statehood issue.
State
government and human rights commission have ordered separate probes
into the incidents. Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy told
reporters Monday that action would be taken against policemen if
they were found guilty of using excessive force.
Meanwhile,
tension prevailed at Moazzam Jahi market, a busy commercial area,
when students tried to march towards the assembly building to
protest the violence at Osmania University. Police used force to
disperse the students.
Police also
locked the gates of Nizam College in Basheerbagh area to prevent
students from marching towards the assembly, where unprecedented
security arrangements have been made for the budget session which
began Monday with the address of Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan.
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