Hyderabad,
Nov 7: Tension prevailed in the Osmania University campus here
Wednesday after students clashed with police during the funeral
procession of a youth who committed suicide for a separate Telangana
state.
Violence broke out in Tarnaka near the campus as
students, who wanted to carry the body in a procession to Gun Park near
the state assembly, clashed with the police.
As they were
prevented from taking out a procession, the students threw stones at
police personnel, who retaliated by firing teargas shells.
Police
also resorted to baton charge near English and Foreign Languages
University (EFLU) and a B.Ed. college on the campus to disperse the
protesting students.
Amid tight security, the police later
shifted the body of V. Santosh to an ambulance and sent it to his
native village in Adilabad district, around 300 km from here.
Frustrated over the delay in the formation of a separate Telangana state, Santosh committed suicide, leading to the tension.
Santosh,
a degree student of a college in the city, hung himself from a tree in
front of the Arts College in Osmania University, which has been
witnessing violent protests for three years over the statehood issue.
The
student resorted to the extreme step Tuesday night. He left behind a
suicide note, blaming "ruling classes" for creating hurdles in the
formation of a Telangana state.
Telangana Joint Action
Committee (JAC) convener M. Kodandaram visited the campus to pay
tributes to Santosh and appealed to the students not to sacrifice their
lives.
Osmania University students' Joint Action committee called for a shutdown of all educational institutions in Telangana.
The university postponed all examinations scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Over 600 people, mostly youth, have committed suicide in the last three years demanding a separate Telangana state.
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