Hyderabad, July 23 -- A student leader of the Disha Students Organisation was detained by the Osmania University Police on Thursday, July 23, for taking part in a protest against the alleged NEET paper leak on the varsity campus, and was released about two hours later.

According to the organisation, its member Mahipal was picked up and taken to the OU Police Station, where the Station House Officer (SHO) told them he had been placed under preventive detention over his participation in a protest held on the campus on Wednesday, July 22.

The organisation alleged that Mahipal was detained to prevent him from taking part in another protest planned at Dharna Chowk later on Thursday, and said in a statement that he had been an active particip...