Hyderabad, July 20 -- Members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) who were holding a 24-hour hunger strike in Hyderabad against the alleged NEET UG paper leak were detained by the Chikkadpally Police on Monday, July 20.

The hunger strike, led by SFI state president S Rajinikanth and secretary T Nagaraju, was held in solidarity with an ongoing protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The students demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the abolition of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Videos shared on social media showed police forcibly detaining the students, who were raising slogans demanding the minister's resignation. Rajinikanth and Nagaraju were among those detained, according to the visuals. ...