(UNI) Police lobbed five rounds of tear gas shells to disperse the clashing groups of two student
organisations in Osmania University (OU) campus here this evening.
Police said the trouble started when one student organisation residing in OU hostel allegedly organised
beef festival in the campus which was objected by another student organisation related the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyardhi Parishad (ABVP).
Later the students hurled stones on one another forcing the heavy police contingent present there lobbying tear
gas shells to disperse them.Angered over it, the students set afire a media vehicle and rained stones on another media vehicle besides on other vehicle not related to media damaging the windscreens.
The situation in the OU at present was tense even as
the police personnel present in large numbers were trying to defuse the situation.
The students belonging to ABVP objected to organising the beef festival by the student organisation as it was
against the Hindu community.Unconfirmed reports said police also opened fire in the
air to disperse the student groups.
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