FIR filed against Osmania University students after hostel protest

An FIR has been registered against 10 Osmania University students following a protest demanding hostel facilities and the removal of the Director of Campus Women Hostels, Prof. Kalyani Laxmi. Police said the protest violated a university circular banning demonstrations on campus.

Hyderabad: A recent protest demanding facilities in the hostel and removal of the Campus Women Hostels director on the Osmania University campus here has now led to an FIR against 10 students.

Osmania University Police, who booked cases against students under different BNS sections on the complaint of the university’s chief security officer Raza Khan’s complaint, has taken up the investigation.

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As per the complaint, a few male students provoked some female students of the Centenary Hostel to protest demanding removal of Prof. Kalyani Laxmi, Director of Campus Hostels for Women, for not allowing outsiders to stay in the campus hostel. Allowing outsiders to stay, according to the complainant, was against the varsity rules.

The Chief Security Officer complained that students blocked the road opposite the Arts College and created nuisance by obstructing traffic for the entire night on February 11 until February 12 (9 am). Despite police requests to clear the road, students continued to protest and raised slogans against police.

Further, students violated a university circular that prohibited protests being staged on the campus, he added.