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Youth who tried self-immolation for Telangana cause dies
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (PTI) A 19-year-old youth, who
attempted self-immolation in the Osmania University campus
here in support of a separate Telangana state, has died,
police said on Sunday.
S Yadaiah from Nagaram village in adjacent Ranga Reddy
district, who had come to the university to take part in the
students' agitation for Telangana, had poured petrol over his
body and set himself on fire late Saturday.
He was rushed to the Apollo Hospital, where he succumbed
to the burns Saturday night, police said. Fearing a backlash
from the student community, the Andhra Pradesh police got the
body shifted to his native place early early Sunday.
City police commissioner A K Khan said Yadaiah's
post-mortem was conducted and the body taken to his village.
Yadaiah, who set himself ablaze shouting pro-Telangana
slogans in the campus yesterday, was identified with help of
some certificates found in his bag along with a suicide note.
The note, purportedly written by him in Telugu, said the
government is not responding to the agitation for a separate
Telangana.
"People like me will get jobs if Telangana state is
formed. I am giving life for Telangana and please don't stop
this movement till Telangana is achieved," the note said.
The incident last night sparked off tension in the
university area, where police sealed off the campus to prevent
students from participating in the 'assembly muttadi' (siege)
announced by the Osmania University Students Joint Action
Committee.
Irate students broke some barricades in their attempt to move out of the campus. Two state roadways buses were damaged and a private bus was burnt by some unidentified persons near Jamai Osmania railway station on Saturday, police said.
Curfew-like situation had prevailed in most
parts of the city yesterday as police had put up barricades and restricted vehicular movements on roads leading to the state assembly in view of the siege call.
The restrictions were lifted after the assembly, which was
adjourned till Tuesday, finished its business in the afternoon. Students who raised pro-Telangana slogans near the assembly were detained by police. PTI
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attempted self-immolation in the Osmania University campus
here in support of a separate Telangana state, has died,
police said on Sunday.
S Yadaiah from Nagaram village in adjacent Ranga Reddy
district, who had come to the university to take part in the
students' agitation for Telangana, had poured petrol over his
body and set himself on fire late Saturday.
He was rushed to the Apollo Hospital, where he succumbed
to the burns Saturday night, police said. Fearing a backlash
from the student community, the Andhra Pradesh police got the
body shifted to his native place early early Sunday.
City police commissioner A K Khan said Yadaiah's
post-mortem was conducted and the body taken to his village.
Yadaiah, who set himself ablaze shouting pro-Telangana
slogans in the campus yesterday, was identified with help of
some certificates found in his bag along with a suicide note.
The note, purportedly written by him in Telugu, said the
government is not responding to the agitation for a separate
Telangana.
"People like me will get jobs if Telangana state is
formed. I am giving life for Telangana and please don't stop
this movement till Telangana is achieved," the note said.
The incident last night sparked off tension in the
university area, where police sealed off the campus to prevent
students from participating in the 'assembly muttadi' (siege)
announced by the Osmania University Students Joint Action
Committee.
Irate students broke some barricades in their attempt to move out of the campus. Two state roadways buses were damaged and a private bus was burnt by some unidentified persons near Jamai Osmania railway station on Saturday, police said.
Curfew-like situation had prevailed in most
parts of the city yesterday as police had put up barricades and restricted vehicular movements on roads leading to the state assembly in view of the siege call.
The restrictions were lifted after the assembly, which was
adjourned till Tuesday, finished its business in the afternoon. Students who raised pro-Telangana slogans near the assembly were detained by police. PTI
GDK JVN
