WARANGAL/HYDERABAD: The Telangana region is on the boil once again with another pro-Telangana activist ending his life in Hanamkonda in Warangal district on Monday. The suicide of Shyamala Rajamouli, a 48-year-old auto driver, raised tempers across Telangana as it came within two days of MBA student LunavathBhojya Naik taking his life on Saturday. A daily wager too attempted suicide in Wanaparthy in Mahbubnagar district in support of the T cause but escaped with burn injuries.
In New Delhi to attend the budget session of Parliament, TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao warned that the Lok Sabha will not be allowed to function till a bill on Telangana was introduced, and called for a bandh across the 10 districts of the region in Tuesday in protest against Rajamouli's suicide and the 'insensitivity' of the Centre to the separate state demand. However, the ongoing SSC exams and public transport were kept out of the bandh's purview.
With the Telangana Political JAC, BJP, Congress and TDP leaders from the region as well as Osmania and Kakatiya Universities Students JAC deciding to support the bandh, normalcy in the Telangana region is slated to be hit on Tuesday. TRS floor leader E Rajender said in Hyderabad that no business establishment including malls, theatres, petrol pumps and eateries will be allowed to operate on the day of the bandh. Police however said that full bandobast had been made to prevent the situation from getting out of hand.
Rajamouli immolated himself at the Public Gardens in Hanamkonda -- hardly 200 metres from the district police headquarters -- saying he was sacrificing his life for Telangana. Hailing from Thimmampet of Zaffargadh mandal, Rajamouli came to the gardens at around 10.40 am, sat under a tree, poured petrol on his body and then lit fire raising 'Jai Telangana' slogans.
Eye-witnesses said in view of the SSC examinations, there were very few people in the park and even less vehicular traffic. Some children were playing in the park. "We saw smoke and rushed to the spot and saw him in flames. Before we could rescue him, he died," a hotel worker said. The charred body of Rajamouli who hails from Kashibugga was later shifted to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital. His son Sharath, a BTech student, said that his father stopped talking after Naik's suicide. "He also did not take out his auto in the last two days," he said.
Earlier, high drama prevailed at MGM hospital when TRS activists and Telangana Auto Drivers Union (TADU) members staged protests, charging the police authorities with hiding a suicide note purportedly written by Rajamouli. "Police constable Venu was at the spot and he handed over the letter to his higher-ups," TADU members alleged. However, Warangal SP Rajesh Kumar denied the charge and said investigations were under way to ascertain the cause of the death. Based on a complaint from Sharath, police registered a case. The deceased auto driver is survived by wife and two children .
Rajamouli was cremated in the night at Kashibugga but his funeral procession was marred by violence. At MGM hospital junction, angry T protesters pelted stones on statues of Rajiv Gandhi,Indira Gandhi and Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Meanwhile, in Mahbubnagar's Wanaparthy, Balaraj Goud, 40, a daily wage labourer, poured petrol and tried to set himself on fire shouting slogans in support of Telangana at a rally. However, he was overpowered by other rallyists and taken to a hospital. He suffered minor burns. The rally was taken out to condole the death of Bhojya Naik.
In New Delhi to attend the budget session of Parliament, TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao warned that the Lok Sabha will not be allowed to function till a bill on Telangana was introduced, and called for a bandh across the 10 districts of the region in Tuesday in protest against Rajamouli's suicide and the 'insensitivity' of the Centre to the separate state demand. However, the ongoing SSC exams and public transport were kept out of the bandh's purview.
With the Telangana Political JAC, BJP, Congress and TDP leaders from the region as well as Osmania and Kakatiya Universities Students JAC deciding to support the bandh, normalcy in the Telangana region is slated to be hit on Tuesday. TRS floor leader E Rajender said in Hyderabad that no business establishment including malls, theatres, petrol pumps and eateries will be allowed to operate on the day of the bandh. Police however said that full bandobast had been made to prevent the situation from getting out of hand.
Rajamouli immolated himself at the Public Gardens in Hanamkonda -- hardly 200 metres from the district police headquarters -- saying he was sacrificing his life for Telangana. Hailing from Thimmampet of Zaffargadh mandal, Rajamouli came to the gardens at around 10.40 am, sat under a tree, poured petrol on his body and then lit fire raising 'Jai Telangana' slogans.
Eye-witnesses said in view of the SSC examinations, there were very few people in the park and even less vehicular traffic. Some children were playing in the park. "We saw smoke and rushed to the spot and saw him in flames. Before we could rescue him, he died," a hotel worker said. The charred body of Rajamouli who hails from Kashibugga was later shifted to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital. His son Sharath, a BTech student, said that his father stopped talking after Naik's suicide. "He also did not take out his auto in the last two days," he said.
Earlier, high drama prevailed at MGM hospital when TRS activists and Telangana Auto Drivers Union (TADU) members staged protests, charging the police authorities with hiding a suicide note purportedly written by Rajamouli. "Police constable Venu was at the spot and he handed over the letter to his higher-ups," TADU members alleged. However, Warangal SP Rajesh Kumar denied the charge and said investigations were under way to ascertain the cause of the death. Based on a complaint from Sharath, police registered a case. The deceased auto driver is survived by wife and two children .
Rajamouli was cremated in the night at Kashibugga but his funeral procession was marred by violence. At MGM hospital junction, angry T protesters pelted stones on statues of Rajiv Gandhi,Indira Gandhi and Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Meanwhile, in Mahbubnagar's Wanaparthy, Balaraj Goud, 40, a daily wage labourer, poured petrol and tried to set himself on fire shouting slogans in support of Telangana at a rally. However, he was overpowered by other rallyists and taken to a hospital. He suffered minor burns. The rally was taken out to condole the death of Bhojya Naik.
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