Sporadic
violence marks exam in Telangana
Sunday, September 05, 2010 05:04:02 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad:
Sporadic incidents of violence marked the Andhra Pradesh Public
Service Commission (APPSC) exam in Telangana Sunday with pro-Telangana
students either boycotting the test or staging protests at the
exam centres against "injustice" to the region.
Students protesting the conduct of the test ransacked an exam
centre at the Osmania University campus here, leaving three
injured.
Tension prevailed at the B.Ed college as protesters broke the
security cordon and barged into the exam centre. Some students
came out with question papers and answer sheets and tore them up,
police said.
The three students were injured in a scuffle with police, who used
batons and tear gas against the protesters and arrested 60 of
them, an official said.
Although the police made elaborate security arrangements in view
of the boycott call given by the Osmania University Joint Action
Committee (OUJAC) and other pro-Telangana groups, the protesters
outnumbered them.
Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and
OUJAC uprooted the security barricades and broke into the college.
The police failed to prevent them.
Four MPs of ruling Congress party and leaders and activists of
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) were arrested when they reached the
campus in a show of solidarity with protesters.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Mahesh Chandra Laddha denied that
protesters barged into the centre and claimed that some students
from inside the centre came out with papers. He said the exam was
held without any further trouble.
"Some protesters threw stones. The police had to retaliate," he
said.
The protesters later stoned two shopping malls and buses near the
university.
Students questioned the decision of APPSC to continue holding the
exam when the paper was leaked. APPSC chairman Venkatram Reddy
said they would probe the allegations.
Despite the boycott and Telangana shutdown called by student
groups and pro-Telangana parties and leaders, the APPSC went ahead
with the Group I Prelim exam amid tight security.
Police deployment was marked at 445 centres where the exam was
held from 10.30 a.m to 1.30 p.m.
More than 1.6 lakh candidates were to write the exam for
recruitment to 198 posts but only 50 percent appeared. Only 35
percent candidates turned up in Telangana.
At some centres in the region the students came out soon after the
exam began saying they would write only in a separate Telangana
state.
The pro-Telangana groups were demanding that the exam be postponed
till the share of the region in the Group I postings was made
clear. They were demanding 42 percent share for the region.
Violence was reported from different parts of Telangana as the
shutdown evoked partial response.
Congress MP Ponnam Prabhakar sustained minor injuries when police
tried to prevent him and his supporters from entering an exam
centre in Karimnagar.
Legislators and leaders of the TRS and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
were taken into custody in different parts of Telangana.
TRS legislator Harish Rao was arrested when he tried to barge into
an exam centre in Sangareddy in Medak district.
The strike affected services of the Andhra Pradesh State Road
Transport Corp (APSRTC) in Karimnagar and Warangal districts. The
impact was partial in the remaining eight districts, including
Hyderabad.
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