OU attack case: KCR warns against arrest of students

OU attack case: KCR warns against arrest of students
Hyderabad, 30th Aug: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that his party will force closure of educational institutions in Telangana if anyone was arrested for the attack on lecturers from coastal districts on Osmania University campus on Saturday.

The situation could turn volatile in Telangana if the police went ahead with the arrests, he said while addressing a large gathering of people led by former Praja Rajyam leaders from Nalgonda district who joined the TRS on Monday. Mr. Rao noted that educational institutions in coastal districts remained closed on Monday due to the incident on Osmania University campus.

If that be so, he said a similar step would be taken in Telangana in the event of police arresting anyone. He said the students who confronted the lecturers did nothing wrong as they were only protesting that people from outside the region should not evaluate the answer scripts of B.Ed. exam.

Their action was justified because 20,000 students were aggrieved by biased valuation of answer sheets in the last Intermediate exams. Mr. Rao denied the role of TRS in slogan shouting against Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu while he was proceeding to Bayyaram to participate in a dharna on Monday.

It was done by TDP workers themselves. The police needlessly arrested a large number of TRS supporters in this connection. Asking Mr. Chandrababu Naidu why he should move in the region, Mr. Rao allegedthat police arrested TRS men whenever leaders from other parties toured.

Source: c2clive desk