Sanjay demands release of arrested ABVP workers-Telangana Today

Blaming the government for the student’s suicide, the union minister said the state government should take care of the family members of the deceased and compensate them appropriately.

Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Bandi Sanjay has condemned the arrest of an ABVP activist who protested against the suicide of a Dalit student studying the second year Pre-University Course (PUC) at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) in Basar. He demanded that the government immediately release the arrested ABVP activists.

Speaking to the media here on Saturday, Sanjay said the following ABVP activists gathered at the Basar temple to draw the attention of the finance minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy However, over the incident, the police personnel, who were deployed as part of the security arrangements for the minister’s visit, detained the ABVP activists without any reason.

Blaming the government for the student’s suicide, the union minister said the state government should take care of the family members of the deceased and compensate them appropriately. He demanded the government to solve the country’s problems IIIT Basar students.

A second-year student of the Pre-University Course (PUC) hanged herself in her hostel room at the IIIT Basar campus on November 11. The university authorities attributed the suicide to personal problems. However, her parents suspect that some students are involved in her death. The police have filed a report and are investigating. IIIT Basar has reported a spate of student suicides in recent years.