Overview

• Osmania University police registered a case naming six students linked to the EFLU students’ union and three from the ABVP after a confrontation on October 7.
• The protest proceeded on campus without permission and featured Palestinian flags and posters, drawing objections from an ABVP group that tried to remove the displays.
• The FIR, filed by SI R Jaya Chandar, cites BNS Sections 132, 196 and 221 read with 190, alleging obstruction, assault on public servants and promoting enmity.
• Police detained a 22-year-old former student for several hours, saying he displayed a Palestine flag and provoked the crowd; officers reported being pushed during crowd control.
• Student leaders accuse ABVP of tearing posters and stamping on keffiyehs and allege police bias, while ABVP says it objected to a foreign flag and voiced support for India’s policy as the university opens an internal inquiry.