Telangana issue: CCS to investigate student’s death

Hyderabad, January 21: Investigations into the death of K Venugopal Reddy, an MCA student who allegedly committed suicide for the cause of separate Telangana state, have been handed over to the Central Crime Station (CCS), a top official of Hyderabad police said today.

“As the local police were busy maintaining law and order, the case has been handed over to CCS. The autopsy and a report of the Forensic Science Laboratory are awaited. The CCS will conduct field inquiries and whatever will be the facts…we will bring out,” Hyderabad’s new Police Commissioner A K Khan told reporters here.

CCS is a wing of Hyderabad City Police.

The charred body of Venugopal was found near Tagore Auditorium in the Osmania University campus on Tuesday sparking off violent protests from students.
–Agencies