Hyderabad, April 3 -- The Cyberabad police denied using lathis to control the students at the University of Hyderabad amid a protest march on April 2.

In videos that surfaced from the teachers' march against the deforestation at the 400-acre Kancha Gachibowli land, the police officials are seen using force as the agitation escalates.

The police claimed that personnel at the University of Hyderabad did not lathicharge students but used "bare minimum force" on those who pushed officials holding the rope.

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The protest march was organised by teachers at the UoH amid the ongoing dispute over the proposed auction of the 400-acre land in Kancha Gachibowli. Protesters say that the government's plan to auction the land will adversel...