TRS calls Telangana bandh on Saturday

Hyderabad, November 18: Condemning the alleged lathicharge against students at the Osmania University here tonight, TRS called Telangana bandh on Saturday.

“TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao has called for a Telangana bandh day after tomorrow in protest against the police lathi-charge on students of Osmania University,” TRS said in a release here.

The party held Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah responsible for the violence at the varsity.

Tension prevailed at the Osmania University here as pro- Telangana students protested the Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to go ahead with the written test for recruitment of sub-inspectors (SIs) of police.

The students took out a rally from OU campus to Tarnaka, second time during the day, during which the agitators pelted stones at policemen, shops, state-owned RTC buses and private vehicles, a police official said.

–Agencies