Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Kakinada Police Raid Shyam Institute After Student Protest
Unemployed young people held a protest on Monday in Kakinada.
They wanted more jobs to be included in a Mega Police Notification.
Police suspected that people at Shyam Institute may have encouraged the protest.
On Tuesday, police searched the institute and hostel.
Officers asked about the people who joined the rally and whether they participated voluntarily.
The institute chairman said the institute was not involved.
He also said students became frightened when about 10 police officers arrived without prior notice.
Police later registered cases against the chairman and 20 others.
Kakinada police raided Shyam Institute on Tuesday in I Town police station limits.
The raid followed a Monday rally and dharna at the collectorate over increased posts in the Mega Police Notification.
Police investigated whether institute organisers provoked students to join the protest against the government.
The institute chairman denied any direct or indirect connection with the dharna.
I Town police registered cases against the chairman and 20 others from Shyam Institute.
- Who
- Kakinada police, Shyam Institute officials and students, including unemployed youth who joined the protest.
- What
- Police raided Shyam Institute and registered cases against its chairman and 20 others after a student protest.
- When
- The protest occurred on Monday, and police conducted the raid on Tuesday.
- Where
- The rally went to the collectorate, while the raid took place at Shyam Institute in I Town police station limits.
- Why
- Police were investigating allegations that institute-linked people encouraged students to protest against the number of posts in the Mega Police Notification.
Police Allegation
Institute Denial
Role in the protest
Police Allegation
Police investigated allegations that people from Shyam Institute provoked students to rally and stage a dharna against the government.
Institute Denial
The Shyam Institute chairman said the institute had no direct or indirect connection with the dharna.
Police raid
Police Allegation
Police said they gathered information about protest participants and whether they had joined voluntarily.
Institute Denial
The chairman said about 10 police officers raided the hostel without prior information and panicked the students.
- Protest demand
- Increasing the number of posts in the Mega Police Notification
- Protest location
- The collectorate
- Raid location
- Shyam Institute and its hostel
- Police station
- I Town police station
- Raid timing
- Tuesday morning
- Cases registered
- Against the chairman and 20 others of Shyam Institute
- Institute response
- The chairman denied any direct or indirect connection with the dharna