Telangana agitation at AP Secretariat; 50 activists held

Hyderabad, Jan 23 (PTI) Fifty activists of Progressive
Democratic Students Union (PDSU) were arrested Saturday when
they tried to storm into the southern state of Andhra Pradesh
Secretariat here, raising slogans demanding creation of a
separate Telangana state, police said.
The activists, including PDSU President Ashok Kumar and
Secretary Gautam Prasad were taken into custody after they
squatted in front of the Secretariat main gate preventing
people from entering in the building.
Protesters jostled with police when the latter tried to
evict them following which cops lathicharged to dispel the
mob.
The police then closed the entrance gates of the
Secretariat even as additional police forces rushed in to
control the situation.
The arrested activists have been taken to Nampally police
station. PTI