OU JAC Chairman Tirupati held during Telangana bandh

Mild tension prevailed at Osmania University as the “Marwadi Go Back” protests intensified, with Telangana bandh on Friday, prompting police to arrest some university students.

OU JAC Chairman Kothapalli Tirupati, who had given a bandh call, was arrested by police on the intervening night of Thursday and



Friday.

Several student activists condemned the arrest, terming it illegal, and demanded immediate release of Tirupati and other activists, including Venugopal.

They warned the government against suppressing democratic right to protest and said such arrests could further flare up tensions on the campus.