Agitators attacked petrol pumps, shops and a retail store at Tarnaka in Hyderabad and also state-run buses at several places in Telangana districts.
Normal life was paralysed at several places across Andhra Pradesh today as the TRS shutdown to protest the arrest of its leader K Chandrasekhar Rao turned violent with bandh supporters going on the rampage, attacking petrol pumps, shops and state-run buses.
The agitators attacked petrol pumps, shops and a retail store at Tarnaka in Hyderabad and also state-run buses at several places in Telangana districts of Medak, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal.
They also attacked the residence of Christopher, an official of the state Higher Education Council, in the Osmania University (OU) campus and damaged a car and furniture at the house. Some buses and other vehicles were damaged here.
The university in the Andhra capital, a nerve centre of the separate Telangana movement, witnessed protests by the students throughout the day.
The shutdown was called by Telangana Rashtra Samiti in protest of Chandrasekhar Rao's arrest ahead of his proposed fast-unto-death in support of statehood for the undeveloped region.
Rao's fast was, however, broken as he was admitted to a government hospital at Khammam and administered saline as per medical advice.
Meanwhile, the OU students demanded action against police official Stephen Ravindra, who they alleged was responsible for the "brutal" lathicharge on students yesterday in the varsity.
The Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC) today heard from the city police commissioner, OU vice-chancellor and student representatives on the lathicharge.
Commission chairman B Subhashan Reddy said he would take a decision on the matter after an inquiry.
The TRS activists squatted in front of bus stations in the region's districts, disrupting the services. Educational institutions, shops and other business establishments remained closed across the region.
Bus passengers were left stranded on the roads in Hyderabad and the districts as the Road Transport Corporation cancelled services as a precautionary measure.
Recovery of about 20 'country-made bomb-like' objects at Tarnaka triggered panic but police said they were harmless.
Chandrasekhar Rao, currently lodged in the sub-jail at Khammam, filed a petition urging that he be transferred to another prison. The petition was, however, rejected.
The state government has sent a team of doctors from Hyderabad to provide treatment to Rao, home minister P Sabita Reddy told reporters after a high-level meeting chaired by chief minister K Rosaiah.
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