Beef fest: 12 Osmania University students held

 

On Thursday, students had posted pictures and videos of themselves eating beef in their hostels on social media. They said they did not create any disturbance that could get them into trouble. Police deployed on campus manhandled them and even resorted to lathicharge, they said. “We ate what we wanted to eat in our rooms. But still we are arrested,” said one of the org-anisers of the cancelled festival, Mr Musavir.

 

“Don’t we have the right to eat what we want? Is eating beef such a big crime? Leaving aside big criminals, they are behind students,” he added. Student unions soughtaction on cops who manhandled students and resorted to lathi charge. The police said that there was no lathicharge on students. “We have proof that some students carried beef inside the hostel and also ate in the premises. We only told them to refrain from the festival, but did not resort to caning,” said Kacheguda inspector Ch Laxminarayana.

 

OU Police registered a case for promoting enmity (153-a), public nuisance (290) and disobedience of a public servant’s order (188) under IPC and arrested the 12 students. They were presented before court and sent to judicial remand.