Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 -- Members of various political groups, including the Muslim Students Federation, the All India Mahila Congress and the Indian Youth Congress protested near the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.

The police use water cannons to disperse the crowd as they attempt to break through the barricades.

The groups are protesting over the death of JS Sidhharth, a student in Govt. Veterinary College, Pookkode, in Wayanad, who was found hanging inside his college hostel on February 18.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Kerala Students Union (KSU) staged a protest march to the Secretariat as part of a statewide bandh. The protestors are demanding a CBI inquiry into the death.

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