With Osmania University Students JAC planning to launch the mass fast with 10,000 students from Monday (11-07-11), the campus has been brought under virtual siege by the police. Dozens of students were arrested and the Osmania University by the police in its attempt to foil the indefinite fast by students demanding separate statehood for Telangana.

The Police also arrested students, including some leaders of the Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OU JAC), on the campus and from hostels, officials said. Students coming to Hyderabad from various parts of Telangana were nabbed. Preventive arrests of students were also made in Warangal, Karimnagar and other towns to stop them from proceeding to Hyderabad. OU JAC leaders alleged that police were resorting to indiscriminate arrests and said they were determined to go ahead with the protest.

Tension prevailed in the campus and surrounding areas as police erected barricades and carried out out checks of vehicles. However, police commissioner AK Khan said there was no permission for the programme. He also banned entry of outsiders into the campus on the ground that there are orders from the Supreme Court. The police chief also pointed out that prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people are also in force in the city.