Hyderabad University bars entry of media on campus ahead of Kanhaiya Kumar's visit

Security has been beefed up ahead of Kanhaiya Kumar's visit to the campus

The Hyderabad University has barred the entry of media and outsiders in the campus ahead of Kanhaiya Kumar's planned visit.

Kumar is expected to join the protests over the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

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• Hyderabad University VCs office vandalised upon return

Security has been tightened outside the varsity following Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar's visit to address the student faculty.

Clashes took place at the office of the Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad University on Tuesday. Angry students vandalised P Appa Rao's office, who resumed charge on Tuesday after going on leave amid the storm following the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Students also alleged that Rao was involved in Rohith Vemula's death and that he has been brought back to prevent Kanhaiya Kumar's visit to the university.

26-year-old Rohith Vemula who hanged himself in Hyderabad Central University campus in January, was suspended from his hostel in August last year for allegedly attacking an ABVP leader.