'Beef festival' row at Osmania University

Hyderabad: Eight organisers of the controversial 'beef festival' on Osmania University campus have been detained while BJP MLA T Raja Singh who was opposing the event, was arrested. A curfew-like situation dominated the campus among high tensions and a heavy police security deployed to prevent any untoward incident. A police official said, “We detained eight key members of the group which announced the beef festival. As per court order, we will not allow any festivals of the Osmania University campus.” Assistant commissioner of police K Ram Bhupal Rao said that they arrested BJP MLA from Goshamahal, T Raja Singh, as a preventive measure to maintain law and order.