Two newsmen were injured in the stonepelting at Osmania University here on Saturday, when more than 200 Telangana supporters tried to take out a rally from the campus, to protest against the ‘Save Andhra Pradesh’ meeting held at the Lal Bahadur (LB) stadium.
The police also took five protesters into custody during their clash with the students. The protests began at OU at about 10 a.m. when more than 100 students belonging to various student organisations tried to take out a rally on the campus.
The stone-pelting began when the police set up barricades and prevented the students from going out. The students responded by hurling stones at police personnel. However, few of them hit two media persons who sustained minor injuries. In retaliation, the police fired tear gas shells to disperse the students. With all the entrances blocked to OU, a platoon comprising of more than 50 Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel, apart from over 300 personnel of the state’s battalions were deployed in and around the university to quell the protests.
The protests went on for over three hours. All through the day, all business establishments, in and around the varsity remained shut. After almost four hours of shouting slogans and pelting stones, the students relented and went back to their rooms.
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