Hyderabad, March 30 -- Several students from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) here were detained by the Cyberabad police after they began protesting against JCBs clearing part of the UoH's east campus on Sunday, March 30. The clearance is part of the Telangana government's plan to sell 400 acres of prime land which includes biodiversity and the Mushroom Rocks, which is believed to be about two billion years old.

In disturbing visuals from inside the University of Hyderabad campus, police officials and other security personnel dressed in army clothing can be seen mercilessly dragging students into buses amid protests against the JCBs clearing the eastern area of the UoH campus. The protests began after the JCBs came to the campus around ...