Student of Hyderabad University arrested for beef protest

HYDERABAD: A student from the University of Hyderabad was arrested along with 19 other members at Bangalore for conducting a beef protest against the Central government’s ordinance. Ongoing protest is against the Union government’s ban on the sale of all kinds of cattle for slaughter at animal markets across the country. The protest was conducted on Monday at Town Hall.

“The protest was to start at 5 pm. There were many right-wing activists protesting against our festival. About 100 policemen were also present. I was picked up even before we could start the public meeting,” said Vyshakh Thaliyil the student who was arrested, Dc reported.