Pro-Telangana students CLASH with police again

Pro-Telangana students on Thursday clashed with police on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad for the second consecutive day.

The students were demanding that they be allowed to take out a rally towards the state assembly.

Protesting students pelted stones on policemen after they were stopped at the gate. Police retaliated by firing teargas shells.

Two protesters have been arrested in connection with the stone-pelting incident, said Deputy Commissioner of Police, East Zone, R Jaya Lakshmi.

Pro-Telangana activists were planning to take out a rally from the OU campus towards assembly as a part of the Telangana Joint Action Committee sponsored 'Chalo Assembly' call for June 14 due to the delay in the formation of Telangana state.

Raising pro-Telangana and anti-police slogans, protesting students were seen trying to pull down the barricades and the barbed wires placed on the OU campus to prevent the agitators from taking out the procession.

Pro-Telangana students had also clashed with police personnel on the OU campus on Wednesday when they were prevented from taking out a rally in support of the Chalo Assembly protest.

Hyderabad police have denied permission for the Chalo Assembly programme and warned of stern action against those attempting to break the law.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the city to ensure that the ongoing session of AP assembly passes off smoothly.

As many as 17 check-posts have been set up in different parts of the city to keep a tab on vehicles and suspects.

Besides,  huge police force from the state and 20 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed within a 2 km-radius of the assembly premises. Police have also sealed off surrounding areas of the assembly as a part of the security arrangements.

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