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HYDERABAD: Dozens of junior and degree colleges in the city were shut on Thursday following a strike called by members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ( ABVP ).

The strike was called to protest against the police lathicharge on students during a march to gherao district collectorates on Wednesday to bring attention to the government's delay in releasing fee reimbursement dues.

Several students claimed they got injured in the lathicharge by the police, who stopped them from barging into the Warangal urban collector office. In Nizamabad and Khammam, the activists were arrested and released later.

On Thursday , while a few colleges voluntarily shut gates, others were closed by ABVP activists at 8.30am. “After the bandh, we sat on our knees at Kukatpally Government Junior and Degree College and at JNTU, Hyderabad to shame the government,“ said Javvaji Dileep, Hyderabad city secretary of ABVP . Students also held a bike rally after the day-long bandh.

