The city remained peaceful today, a day that the Telangana JAC and the Osmania JAC have called for bandhs. Most businesses voluntarily downed shutters, and educational institutions remained closed.
There was heavy police protection for the Assembly, the Telugu University, the Potti Sreeramulu and Telugu Talli statues, the MG Bus Stand and the Jubilee Bus Stand, and the residences of the CM and other legislators.
The DGP cautioned people against believing in rumours against the police, being spread through bulk SMS. He said that there had been no bullets fired at Osmania University as was being publicised, and that these were only pellets.
In anticipation of more bandhs, rythu bazars and petrol pumps saw unusual rushes by people eager to stock up.