T stir again after Sankranti break -Cops Say Separate State Struggle Likely To Gain Momentum After Holidays

Police are keeping their fingers crossed on the likely law and order situation post Sankranti festival. Barring OU, there were not many clashes or property damage incidents recorded in the city as the first 12 days after the Srikrishna Committee report was made public passed off peacefully without much trouble. Many senior police officers had predicted such a scenario at the security review meeting called by director-general of police (DGP) before the Srikrishna Committee report was made public.They anticipated that after Sankranti holidays and people return to the city,protests by Telangana supporters might begin.After gathering intelligence from various agencies,police now believe that another round of protests might start from January 17 as the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has given a call for highway blockade on that day.

Most students of OU and affiliated colleges and employees have gone to their native places for Sankra-nti holidays.This is clearly visible at OU campus.The situation might get intense once the youngsters return, a police officer claimed.Intelligence reports suggest heavy unrest among Telangana student population over the Srikrishna report and any extreme incident could trigger emotions and start another series of protests across the Telangana region,including Hyderabad. Based on the reports,police are closely monitoring students of OU and also focussing on the moves of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders,their student wing,whose silence police are calling strategic.

Intensifying police suspicion,the OUJAC has announced that they would declare their future course of action on January 18 and hold a mammoth student meet,Vidyarthi Kurukshetra Mahasabha on the campus with two lakh students on January 22. We are suspecting protests at OU campus and surrounding areas, affiliated colleges like Nizams college,areas like Kukatpally and LB Nagar,where coastal Andhra population is in significant numbers, an intelligence officer said. As part of preparedness,three more companies of paramilitary forces have been added to the 25 companies already with Hyderabad and Cyberabad police on Wednesday.Of 28 companies in the city,10 companies would be exclusively used in East Zone,where the hotbed of T-struggle OU campus is located.
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(source-toi)