Hyderabad Protests Intensify, FTII Students Sit on Hunger Strike

Students gathered in the administrative block and shouted slogans, seeking ‘justice’ for the Dalit student.

Vemula’s mother mourning his death on campus. (Photo: TNM)

Fresh protests erupted at the University of Hyderabad campus on Tuesday over the alleged suicide by a dalit scholar even as members of a social outfit tried to hold a demonstration outside the residence of Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who has been accused in the suicide case.

Students gathered in the administrative block of the university and shouted slogans, seeking ‘justice’ for the Dalit student.

(PTI inputs)