Hyderabad: Hundreds of students and some foreigners thronged the Bolaram police station, where the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was kept in detention during the Quit India movement, and participated in mass singing of the National Anthem on Tuedsay.
The Bolaram police have received a number of phone calls from students and school managements seeking permission to visit the police station on the occasion of Independence Day after this newspaper carried a story on how Mahatma Gandhi was kept in jail for a few days in 1942.
Bolaram inspector P. Sridhar said that following inquiries, the police decided to allow students to visit the place. More than 2,000 students including a Japanese nationals have participated in the mass singing of the National Anthem held the police station on Tuesday.
