Why troopers in Osmania university campus?

Supreme court questions the state government

GN Bureau | February 18, 2010


Heavy presence of paramilitary forces inside Osmania university campus
Heavy presence of paramilitary forces inside Osmania university campus

The supreme court on Thursday questioned the presence of paramilitary forces inside the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad.

The court  directed the Andhra Pradesh government to explain by Friday under whose instructions the forces were stationed inside the
university campus. It was hearing an appeal from the state government challenging a high court order which asked the forces to vacate the campus.

Hearing the case, the Chief Justice of India said: "Deploying paramilitary force inside the campus is disturbing."

The state government said in view of regular violence inside the campus and sensitive nature of the issue (statehood for Telangana) local police could not be deployed there.

The state government will now inform the court tomorrow on whose directions these forces are stationed inside the campus.

Osmania University has been at the centre of agitation for separate statehood for Telangana.
 

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