Hyderabad, June 16 -- Telangana Police on Tuesday detained several members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) who staged a massive protest outside the Commissionerate and Directorate of School Education office here, demanding immediate intervention by the state government to resolve issues plaguing government schools and curb the "exorbitant" fees charged by private institutions.

The student activists gathered in large numbers at the education department offices, raising slogans against the Telangana government and education authorities over what they termed systemic failures in both state-run and private educational sectors.

The demonstration quickly escalated into a tense standoff between the student leaders and law enfo...