Hyderabad, June 25 -- Indian National Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on June 25 demanded that Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy and Information Technology Minister D Sridhar Babu take action against "coliving hostels in Hitech City," which he alleged rent to both male and female residents.

Speaking to the press, Rao said, "It is not at all a time for coliving hostels in IT areas. Girls and boys should live separately. Even in university hostels, boys and girls stay separately. How is it possible now? How will Hyderabad become a number one city if we allow this to go on?"

Highlighting the recent wave of crimes of passion in Hyderabad, Rao further added, "Just at a time when husbands are killing wives, wives are killing husbands....