Hyderabad sees detentions as student, unemployed groups back bandh over NEET row
Student unions backed by the Left called a shutdown of educational institutions in Telangana over NEET-UG irregularities. Telangana Today reported detentions of students and unemployed youth at multiple spots in Hyderabad.
NEET protests spark detentions across Hyderabad.
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Student and unemployed youth protests over alleged NEET-UG irregularities triggered detentions at multiple locations in Hyderabad on Friday, 24 July, Telangana Today reported. The paper said student leaders and unemployed youths were detained in Dilsukhnagar, Secunderabad and Saroornagar during demonstrations backing a statewide shutdown of educational institutions. It did not specify how many were held or under what provisions. (Source: Telangana Today, 24 July)
Left-affiliated student unions including SFI, AISF and others called the bandh demanding action over the NEET-UG paper leak and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Protests were also held at Osmania University’s NCC Gate. Separate reports through the day noted schools and colleges shut across Telangana in view of the strike, and OU postponing exams scheduled for July 24. (Sources: ThePrint, ProKerala, Telangana Today, The Hans India, Telangana Tribune)
Earlier in the week, student activists were detained in Hyderabad during NEET-related protests, including SFI members on a hunger strike and an OU student leader who was later released. Those actions were cited by unions as part of a wider pattern while pressing for a judicial probe into police action against student demonstrators in Delhi. (Sources: Siasat, Siasat, Telangana Today)
Hyderabad Police have not issued a statement on the July 24 detentions in the reports reviewed, and no figures or charges were published by the outlets cited.