College students detained

Police today detained 17 college students for allegedly storming into a police station after they were denied the permission to stage a protest against the Hyderabad Central University.

They wanted to protest at suburban Matunga railway station, a senior police official said.

After the police denied them permission, they stormed into the Matunga police station and created a ruckus. Some of them got into a scuffle with policemen, he said.

Students at HCU are currently agitating against resumption of duty by its Vice Chancellor who had gone on a long leave following the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula.