Tension prevailed at Osmania University here on the second day of the 48-hour bandh called by Telangana Joint Action Committee, after pro-Telangana students again clashed with police.
Tension prevailed at Osmania University (OU) here on the second day of the 48-hour bandh called by Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), after pro-Telangana students again clashed with police.
Trouble started after police stopped the students from undertaking a protest-march from the OU campus to Gun Park (Martyrs' Memorial) around noon in support of Telangana. There were similar clashes yesterday too.
Students hurled stones at police near the NCC gate on the campus, and the latter responded by firing teargas shells, a senior police officer said.
"Police used only teargas shells to disperse the protesting students... neither rubber bullets were used nor were the students caned," the officer said.
"With stone-pelting by students on police continuing, the situation is tense, but under control. There is no permission to undertake any rallies or processions, but the protesters are forcibly trying to defy the ban orders," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East Zone) Y Gangadhar.
A group of protesters also rained stones on the OU Police Station, located on the campus, and police lobbed teargas shells.
A journalist with Telugu news channel 'Samad' sustained injuries on the head.
A pro-Telangana student leader alleged that police prevented them from undertaking a peaceful march toward the Gun Park. "The police over-reacted and used force against us and fired teargas shells as we tried to take out a peaceful march. The police are provoking the students, but we are determined to take out the march," he said.
There was no confirmation of the number of students arrested or the number of injured during the protest.
On the first day of the Telangana shutdown yesterday, students held demonstrations and allegedly indulged in stone pelting, targeting policemen, at the OU campus.
Apart from statehood for Telangana, the students are also seeking deletion of clause 14 (f) of presidential order before the examination for the post of sub-inspector next month.
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