HCU clash: ABVP leader, others booked for assault  

Hyderabad: Days after two groups of students clashed on the campus of Hyderabad University here following a meeting on Kashmir situation, ABVP leader N Susheel Kumar and others have been booked for allegedly assaulting an M Phil student - Amol Singh.

Gachibowli police have booked Kumar and 30 others under sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC after Singh alleged that some ABVP students brutally attacked him on Saturday evening, a senior police officer said on Monday.

Similarly, based on a complaint lodged by Kumar, a counter case has been registered against Singh with Miyapur Police under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and other relevant sections of IPC, he said, adding that both the cases are under investigation.

On Saturday evening, a scuffle had broken out between two groups of students after a meeting was conducted to condemn the police action against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir, at the shopping complex on the varsity campus.

Kumar alleged that the group of students raised separatists slogans after the meeting on Kashmir issue following which they objected to it. Meanwhile, Singh alleged that Kumar and others rained punches mistaking him for a Kashmiri student while he was returning after attending the meeting.

PTI