Hyderabad, March 25 -- The Telangana police allegedly arrested several student activists from the University of Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 26, ahead of a scheduled protest led by the Students Federation of India.

The Federation highly condemned the "overreach" of the police as the arrests came early in the morning, with officials entering hostels to detain students.

The University branch of SFI stated that the arrests were made due to their demands for the Telangana Budget.

"We strongly condemn the overreach of the Telangana Police into university hostels and the arrest of SFI-HCU student activists in the context of the ongoing Telangana budget session," the statement read.

With the Budget session currently underway in the state, t...