Clash betwwn police and Telangana supporters, many injured
Hyderabad: Thousands of Telangana supporter on Sunday as tension gripped the Andhra Pradesh capital following clashes with police.
People from various parts of the city and neighbouring districts converged on Necklace Road on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake as tension mounted due to clashes in surrounding areas.
Holding flags of their respective parties and groups, the protesters squatted on the Buddha Bhavan-P.V. Ghat stretch. Hundreds of youngsters occupied the parallel railway track.
Raising slogans of ‘Jai Telangana’ amid the beating of drums and singing songs by Telangana artists, men, women and children from various sections asked the central government to make Telangana a separate state.
Police twice arrested MPs from the ruling Congress from Telangana who staged a sit-in in front of the Chief Minister’s Office to protest large-scale arrests of people coming to Hyderabad.
A section of state ministers from the region threatened to quit.
The cancellation of dozens of trains and buses in Telangana region and the arrests of hundreds headed to the state capital angered the pro-Telangana groups, who alleged that the government was trying to suppress the movement despite giving permission for the march.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was deployed at the chief minister’s camp office in Begumpet.
Several parts of the city resembled battle zones, with police sealing off the routes around the secretariat, the Chief Minister’s Office and other high-security areas
