Student's death triggers protests

Hundreds of students are angrily protesting the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in Hyderabad.

The protesters accused Hyderabad University's vice chancellor along with a government minister of unfairly demanding punishment for the five lower-caste students after they clashed last year with a group of students supporting the governing Hindu nationalist party.

Police are investigating whether the officials had any role in the death of the 26-year-old student on Sunday, which they said was a suicide. He had been a member of a group representing Dalits, the lowest caste.