Two activists of a newly formed outfit went up an advertising hoarding at Koti on Friday, threatening to end their life in protest against the alleged misuse of land by the Industries Department.
The duo’s action created tension for nearly five hours but the protestors eventually came down, following appeals by the police and assurance from the government. However, the protestors – Vijay Kumar and Anand, convenor and secretary respectively of Telangana Badugu Vidyarthi Samakhya Joint Action Committee – were slapped with criminal cases by the police after coming down.
The two office-bearers went up the massive hoarding at the Koti bus-stop around 7 a.m. The hoarding had a steel staircase to go up for any repair work but it was closed with steel sheets and locked as protestors went up it during the Telangana agitation frequently. Vijay and Anand broke the lock and went up. As their supporters raised slogans on the road, the two activists charged that the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation was misusing the land allotted to it in and around the city by the erstwhile united A.P. government. They alleged that some land was being used for purposes other than industries but no action was being taken against the officials and persons concerned.
Say that the Industries Dept.
is misusing land
