IMMOLATED: Protesting students stoned and torched this police van when they were stopped from launching a rally demanding statehood for Telangana immediately. Photo: G.Krishnaswamy
STOKED BY ANGER: Protesters and police clash beside a police van set ablaze by the former. Students of Osmania University in Hyderabad wanted to go on a rally with the body of their colleague Venugopal, who set himself on fire demanding statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
EVOKING TEARS: Police fire teargas shells at Osmania University students who they prevented from going on a pro-Telangana rally with the body of K. Venugopal, a fellow student who set himself on fire demanding separate statehood. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
SCATTERING THE PROTESTERS: Police lathicharge students of Osmania University in Hyderabad, who wanted to go on a rally with the body of their colleague Venugopal, who set himself on fire demanding statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
BRITTLE WHEN ALONE: A student falls to police blows in Hyderabad. Students of Osmania University in Hyderabad wanted to go on a rally with the body of their colleague Venugopal, who set himself on fire demanding statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
TWO-WAY ATTACK: Students retaliate after police lathicharged them. Students of the Osmania university wanted to carry in a rally the body of their colleague K. Venugopal Reddy, who committed suicide by setting himself ablaze on the University premises demanding separate Statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
BODY OF THE PROTEST: Students of the Osmania University attempting to take out a rally with the body of MCA student K. Venugopal Reddy, who set himself ablaze, demanding separate statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
PROTESTERS VS PROTECTORS: Osmania University Students pulling apart a police tent in Hyderabad. The students wanted to take out a rally with the body of their colleague K. Venugopal, who set himself ablaze, demanding separate statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
A LESSON IN VIOLENCE: Students of the Osmania University being lathicharged in the campus, as they attempt to go on a rally with the body of their colleague Venugopal who set himself ablaze, demanding statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
HUNTED: Police surround a student in the Osmania University campus. Students were lathicharged after they attempted to take out a rally with the body of their colleague K. Venugopal, who set himself ablaze, demanding separate statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
STRUCK DOWN: A protester lies prone on the ground in Osmania University, following a lathicharge by police. Students were lathicharged after they attempted to take out a rally with the body of their colleague K. Venugopal, who set himself ablaze, demanding separate statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
FROM AFAR: A blur of fire and fighting. Students clashed with police in the Osmania University in Hyderabad. Students were lathicharged after they attempted to take out a rally with the body of their colleague K. Venugopal, who set himself ablaze, demanding separate statehood for Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
UNFAMILIAR VIGIL: A policeman stands guard outside a camp office in Khammam, tense under the Telangana crisis. Photo: G. N. Rao
OPEN ROADS, CLOSED TRANSPORT: An aged woman carrying her goods across on the bypass road, empty because of the Bandh in Khammam. Photo: G. N. Rao
BENCHWARMERS: Commuters wait for buses which won't arrive at the RTC bus stand in Khammam. A 48 hour bandh is in effect in the district. Photo: G. N. Rao
BANDH EFFECT: A view of the Khammam RTC bus stand. RTC had arranged for 306 Buses to Medaram from various places in Khammam distict, all of which were stoped because of the 48-hour Telangana bandh. Photo: G. N. Rao
LIKE CAGED BEASTS: A view of Khammam Bus Depot, parked full of transport vehicles cancelled because of the 48-hour Bandh in Khammam. Photo: G. N. Rao
COWED CITY: Usually a busy point, Mayuri centre in Khammam wears a deserted look because of the 48-hour Telangana Bandh. Photo: G. N. Rao
PRIMITIVE SCENE: A view of the Khammam bus stand, deserted because of the 48-hour Telangana bandh. Photo: G. N. Rao