Student commits suicide in
Osmania University
Hyderabad: Frustrated over the delay in formation of a
separate Telangana state, an Osmania University student committed suicide,
leading to tension in the campus Wednesday.
V. Santosh, a degree student of a college
in the city, hung himself from a tree in front of Arts College in Osmania
University, which has been witnessing violent protests by students for last
three years demanding separate statehood to Telangana.
The student, hailing from Adilabad
district, 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.
As the word spread, a large number of students
gathered on the campus early Wednesday, raising slogans against the government.
Tension prevailed on the campus as students
resisted police attempts to shift the body for autopsy. They even thrashed a
policeman in plainclothes.
The protestors were demanding that the body
not be shifted till all ministers and MPs of Congress party from Telangana
submit their resignations. They also want to take out funeral procession from
the university to Gun Park near the state assembly. Police, however, refused them
permission.
Osmania University students' Joint Action
committee has called for a shutdown of all educational institutions in
Telangana.
The university postponed all examinations
scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Pro-Telangana groups of over 600 people,
mostly youth, have committed suicide towards their demand for a separate state
during the last three years.
IANS
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