Extensive use of baton charge and beating - hundreds of students detained in India

26 January 2020, TON: On the occasion of Indian Republican Day, the India police detained hundreds of students of the University of Hyderabad on Sunday


when they tried to take out a march to”Protect the Constitution of India” to mark the Republic Day. In the unprecedented use of forces dozens of students were injured.

Police tried to stop the students at the main gate as they wanted to march to Ambedkar statue at Masjid Banda near the University of Hyderabad. The march was called by the students” union of the University with the slogan “Uphold Constitution, Defeat Manu” and “Save the Constitution”, “Telangana police go back”, “Inquilab Zindabad”, “Manuvad ho Barbad” and ”Long live students’ unity”. They also chanted slogans against the highhandedness of the Indian security forces.

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