Suicide of student triggers protests in southern India
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Hundreds of students are angrily protesting the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad.
The protesters accused Hyderabad University's vice chancellor along with a government minister of unfairly demanding punishment for the five lower-caste students after they clashed last year with a group of students supporting the governing Hindu nationalist party.
Police are investigating whether the officials had any role in the 26-year-old student's death, which they say was a suicide. He had been a member of a group representing Dalits, the lowest caste in India's Hindu caste hierarchy.
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The demonstrations Tuesday in Hyderabad drew nationwide attention with TV channels running urgent updates throughout the morning.