OU JAC Chairman Tirupati held as campus unrest grows

Tension escalated at Osmania University after police arrested OU JAC chairman Kothapalli Tirupati and other student activists during the Telangana bandh, sparking protests and demands for their immediate release.

Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at Osmania University as the “Marwadi Go Back” protests intensified, with Telangana bandh on Friday, prompting police to arrest some university students.

OU JAC Chairman Kothapalli Tirupati, who had given a bandh call, was arrested by police on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

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Several student activists condemned the arrest, terming it illegal, and demanded immediate release of Tirupati and other activists, including Venugopal.

They warned the government against suppressing democratic right to protest and said such arrests could further flare up tensions on the campus.