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Telangana cop removed after grabbing students by throat
Telangana Circle Inspector Raghupathi Reddy has been relieved from active duty after a video showed him grabbing two polytechnic students by the throat during a protest in Mahabubabad on Wednesday. Superintendent of…
Telangana Circle Inspector Raghupathi Reddy has been relieved from active duty after a video showed him grabbing two polytechnic students by the throat during a protest in Mahabubabad on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police P Shabarish ordered the officer to stay away from official duties pending a DSP-rank inquiry.
The students were protesting the state government's decision to merge polytechnic education with the Young India Skills University under Government Order 97. They allege the officer's actions caused difficulty in breathing. The video went viral, drawing criticism from student groups and civil society.
The protest is part of a wider agitation by groups including AIDSO and the Telangana Polytechnic Joint Action Committee. Students and teachers fear the restructuring will dilute technical education and affect lateral-entry opportunities for diploma holders seeking engineering degrees through the ECET.
Indian Opinion Analysis
This incident fits a pattern of heavy-handed police response to student protests in Telangana, where the government has aggressively pushed its skills-university agenda. GO 97 is part of the state's SHAKTI initiative, which aims to align vocational training with industry needs but has faced criticism for bypassing the established technical education board. The real stakes are the lateral-entry pathway through ECET: if polytechnic students lose that, their chance to pursue a B.Tech becomes far harder. The inquiry report and the government's next move on GO 97 will determine whether this confrontation escalates or de-escalates.
Source: thenewsminute.com
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