A pro-Telangana school student set himself ablaze raising slogans in support of a separate state, leading to tension on the Osmania University campus here today.

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Sirpuram Yadaiah, a 10th class student, set himself afire and ran towards Arts College raising slogans in support of Telangana, sending the police and fellow agitators in a tizzy.As he began running as a ball of fire, the policemen, acted swiftly and doused the blaze by pouring water. Yadaiah, a resident of neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, had come to the city to participate in the rally. He has been rushed to the Gandhi hospital here.