Fresh round of protests have erupted since the morning after the boy's death. His body has been handed over to his family. The boy has also left a suicide note stating futility of his life as he wasn't a good student.
Osmania University exams have been postponed and Telengana is on the boil once again.
There was high drama and tension in the Osmania University campus yesterday when the Class XII student immolated himself in support of a separate Telangana state.
S Yadagiri alias Yadaiah from Nagaram village in adjacent Ranga Reddy district, had come to the university campus to take part in the students' agitation in support of Telangana.
Setting himself afire, Yadaiah ran in the ball of fire shouting pro-Telangana slogans in the campus. Police personnel on duty in the campus doused the fire and rushed him Apollo hospital. The youth suffered 85 per cent third degree burns on his body except the face, doctors said.
The incident had sparked off tension at the university area, where police sealed off the campus to prevent students from participating in the ''assembly muttadi'' (siege) announced by the Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee.
Irate students who were locked up in the university forced away barricades put up at Vidyanagar end. Two state corporation buses were damaged, while a private bus was burnt by some unidentified persons near Jamai Osmania railway station, police said.
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